§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what extra funding is being given to neurology and limb centres to offer increased physiotherapy and occupational therapy to treat patients with brachial plexus nerve injury; [59564]
(2) how many neurology and limb centres offer physiotherapy and occupational therapy to patients with brachial plexus neuropathy. [59565]
§ Jacqui SmithSubstantial extra funding is being made available to the National Health Service. Ministers, however, do not decide on the configuration of local services and whether money should be allocated to particular diagnoses. That is a matter for local primary care trusts and other commissioners as they are best placed to know the health needs of their local populations.
Information on the specific conditions/diagnosis within local services is not held centrally.