Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide (a) clear commissioning guidance for CCGs so that they are able to commission effectively for people with neurological conditions and (b) clarity on organisational responsibility for service provision to ensure that people with neurological conditions do not miss out on the care they need.

The Government and NHS England and NHS Improvement expect clinical commissioning groups to consider National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance and standards when commissioning services for people with neurological conditions.

NHS England and NHS Improvement support local transformation through their national programmes. The NHS RightCare Programme has published several resources for local commissioners. Alongside this, Getting it Right First Time, a clinically led programme which includes neurology, is also working to improve optimal pathways of care to reduce unwarranted variation and improve quality of patient outcomes.