Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98439

Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Peter Dowd

Labour — Bootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his department collects to monitor potential inequalities in multiple sclerosis care access; and how those findings are used to inform policy and service delivery improvements.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department does not collect patient-level clinical data directly but works with NHS England and other bodies to monitor inequalities in access to multiple sclerosis (MS) services through a range of national programmes and datasets.The UK Multiple Scle...
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