Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 23 February where he stated that they will "write to all the NHS chief executives" (HL Deb col 1751), when that letter will be sent; and how they will monitor progress on services restoration following that.

On 22 March in answer to a Parliamentary Question on stroke rehabilitation and community services, I updated the House that I had written to Amanda Pritchard, the CEO of NHS England, on the issue of returning repurposed physiotherapy rehabilitation spaces to their original use, to support physiotherapists to best provide services that aid patient recovery. As a result, NHS England has asked National Health Service organisations to evaluate how space is being used, and to ensure that adequate space is allocated to functions such as physiotherapy, so that such services can operate efficiently. I will request regular updates on progress.