Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with spinal cord injuries are treated in specialist units.

NHS England commissions specialised spinal care services nationally. All patients needing specialist spinal care following either injury or disease progression should be referred to a specialist centre after initial treatment or assessment at a local hospital.

These services encompass acute care following the injury, rehabilitation and life-long follow-up of people living with spinal cord injury.