Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rehabilitation prescriptions have been issued by the NHS in each year of the last five years.

The information requested is not held centrally.

NHS England commissions specialised rehabilitation services for patients with the most complex levels of need. Teams within trauma units assess and develop a rehabilitation prescription for patients with Acquired Brain Injury and other injuries.

In 2015, NHS England published ‘The Principles and Expectations for Good Adult Rehabilitation’ to support commissioners on delivering rehabilitation care locally, and describes what good rehabilitation looks like and offers a national consensus on the services people should expect.

It includes 10 ‘principles and expectations’ that were designed by people who use rehabilitation services, carers, healthcare professionals, commissioners, strategic clinical networks and national clinical directors from NHS England.

Furthermore, in 2016, NHS England published further rehabilitation commissioning guidance covering both adults and children, setting a commissioning model, evidence base for the economic benefits of delivering high quality rehabilitation services.