Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of allergy services by (1) region, and (2) integrated care system.

No specific assessment has been made. Allergy services in England are currently commissioned through clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), considering the needs of the local population. A small number of specialist allergy services for patients with rare and complex conditions are commissioned by NHS England’s specialised commissioning. Its service specification states that centres should provide equity of access to best practice standards for diagnosis and management, based on current national and international guidelines.

Integrated care boards will be established on 1 July 2022 and will assume the commissioning functions of CCGs as well as some of NHS England’s commissioning functions.