Written questions

Learning Disability: Health Services

2026-07-01 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1606 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 July (HL1069), how they intend to measure and enforce equitable access to hospital-based learning disability liaison nurses across all acute trusts given that the commi

Answer

Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing local need and commissioning services to best meet the needs of their local population, including determining how services are delivered locally to reduce the health inequalities. Therefore, staffing mo...