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Migraines: Health Services

Commons · Question 109095 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist doctors and nurses for headaches.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 5 Feb 2026

The Department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of specialist doctors and nurses for headaches employed in the National Health Service in England.Patients presenting with headaches may be treated through multiple points of contact ...