Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71601

Accident and Emergency Departments: Neurology

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

James Naish

LabourRushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that A&E clinicians are trained to (a) recognise neurological red-flag symptoms and (b) initiate (i) plasma exchange, (ii) intravenous methyl-prednisolone

Answer

Karin Smyth
All accident and emergency clinicians are trained to the highest standards to ensure the best patient care possible. Recognition of neurological emergencies is part of the emergency care curriculum, which is written by the Royal College of Emergency Medic...

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