Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 121009

Spinal Injuries: Health Services

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department will ensure that low-volume, high-cost services such as spinal cord injury are not deprioritised by individual ICBs facing competing local financial pressures.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Plans to delegate suitable specialised services were first set out in the Roadmap for Integrating Specialised Services within Integrated Care Systems and have been developed in close collaboration with NHS England’s regional teams, integrated care boards ...

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