Continuing Care: Autism and Learning Disability
(asked on 20th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS continuing healthcare funding is spent on learning disability and autism.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 10th January 2023
The information requested is not collected centrally. Determination of NHS continuing healthcare eligibility is based on a comprehensive assessment of care needs rather than any specific medical condition, disease or diagnosis.