Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has for the future role, remit, and reporting structure of the National Specialty Lead for Rheumatology following the abolition of NHS England and the integration of its functions into her Department; and what steps she is taking to ensure that dedicated national clinical leadership is retained to guide policy, clinical standards, and specialist care networks for the more than 170,000 people living with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 26 October in response to Question 36778.