Written questions

Spinal Injuries: Health Services

2026-06-28 · Department of Health and Social Care · 14177 · Official question

David Smith

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of moving spinal cord injury services from nationally coordinated commissioning to the responsibility for ICBs.

Answer

Ahead of the planned merger of NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, it has been necessary to consider where commissioning responsibility for the portfolio of specialised services currently held by NHS England should sit in the future....