Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2016 to Question 53721, what guidance his Department has given to clinical commissioning groups on the commissioning of stroke-specific services.
The Department does not issue guidance to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on the commissioning of stroke-specific services. NHS England is responsible for issuing guidance to CCGs on commissioning services.