Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49098

Neurodiversity: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of levels of access to medication by neurodivergent people who have been diagnosed (a) by the NHS and (b) privately.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition, related to how the brain develops, rather than an illness. Although some approaches are particularly helpful for autistic people, and medication may be prescribed for co-existing issues, autism is not treated dire...

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