Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107461

Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of other Sickle Cell Day units in the context of the closure of the Whitechapel unit.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The same day emergency care pilot for sickle cell patients at the Royal London Hospital was commissioned locally, via the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board. The pilot finished in January 2026 as planned. The pilot was testing an alternative rout...

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