Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the barriers adults living with cerebral palsy face in accessing national health screening programmes.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are continuously investing in initiatives to help ensure equality of access to screening for those with disabilities, including cerebral palsy. For example, general practices are required to ensure that their premises sufficiently meet the reasonable needs of its patients. This involves making any reasonable adjustments necessary or making alternative arrangements such as referral to a specialist screening provider or undertaking the procedures in another setting that is more suitable. Guidance also states that patients should be given an opportunity to express a preference in order to access a setting most appropriate to their needs.