Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 56210
Muscular Dystrophy: Medical Treatments
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that NHS trusts are prepared to deliver (a) timely and (b) equitable access to emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, in the context of (i)
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. If new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy are approved by the National Institute f...
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