Health Services: Standards
Commons · Question 7149 · Tabled 5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle geographical variations in accessing specialist services.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 11 Jun 2026
Highly specialised services are typically delivered in a small number of centres across England with experience and expertise in the management of rare diseases where caseloads are small and there is benefit from national coordination.As such it is more l...