Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25042

Disability: Health Services

Tabled: 20 January 2025

Answered: 27 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with long term physical disabilities to access secondary care including (a) hydrotherapy, (b) physiotherapy and (c) acupuncture without re-referrals.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people. Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. NHS England has developed ...

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