Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Neurological Alliance's 2021-22 My Neuro Survey, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Departments policies of that survey's finding that 55 per cent of adults living with a neurological condition, experienced delays to routine appointments with specialists in the last year; and what steps he is taking to improve neurology services.

The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including neurology services. NHS England is supporting providers and systems to accelerate new and existing initiatives to improve services and address waiting times for outpatients, including neurology.

NHS England’s neuroscience transformation programme has worked with stakeholders, including patients and expert working groups to identify good practice and access to appropriate services for people with neurological conditions. The programme will use these insights to provide integrated care systems with the tools, information and resources to transform neurology services from April 2023.