Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 190149

Rheumatology: Lewisham Deptford

Tabled: 19 June 2023
Answered: 26 June 2023

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of rheumatology care in Lewisham Deptford constituency in the last (a) 12 and (d) 24 months.

Answer

Helen Whately
No assessment has been made. Rheumatology services are generally commissioned locally by integrated care boards which have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare services that meet the needs of their whole population.