Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to develop a Modern Service Framework for neurological conditions.

As part of the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is developing a programme of modern service frameworks (MSFs) which will define an aspirational, long-term outcome goal for a major condition and then identify the best evidenced interventions and the support for delivery. The first wave of MSFs was agreed as cardiovascular disease, sepsis, and severe mental illness. The second wave has now been agreed as frailty and dementia, children and young people, and palliative care and end-of-life care.

The Government will consider other long-term conditions, including neurological conditions, for future waves of MSFs. The criteria for determining future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and significant improvements in the quality of care and productivity.

The Government is already taking forward work to improve neurological services through national programmes like NHS England’s Getting it Right First Time Programme, NHS RightCare, updated service specifications and guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which together aim to reduce variation and deliver more coordinated, person‑centred care.