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To ask His Majesty's Government whether (1) facial paralysis, and (2) facial palsy, are primarily recognised as a disability of communication.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether (1) facial paralysis, and (2) facial palsy, are primarily recognised as a disability of communication.
Disability within the Equality Act 2010 is not defined through each specific condition, but rather in general terms. The general definition of disability, for the purposes of the act, is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
A person with facial paralysis or facial palsy may experience difficulties with communication, which may have a substantial and long-term effect, in accordance with the act. The Government is committed to supporting everyone’s mental health and wellbeing, and ensuring that the right support is in place, including for those with health conditions such as Bell’s palsy.
We have made it clear to local commissioners that we expect NHS Talking Therapies to be integrated into physical healthcare pathways. Our NHS Long Term Plan commits to an additional £2.3 billion a year for the expansion of mental health services by 2024, so that an additional two million people, including those with Bell’s palsy, can access National Health Service-funded mental health support. The Department received Facial Palsy UK’s survey on pathways of care for people with facial palsy on 27 February 2024. We will reply as soon as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS patients can access spinal implants to help paralysed patients walk again.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS patients can access spinal implants to help paralysed patients walk again.
Spinal cord injury services are directly commissioned by NHS England and services are provided by spinal cord injuries centres. There is no current policy in development for spinal implants. However, where a spinal implant is considered clinically appropriate, a clinical lead would submit a request in the usual way.
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) measure brain activity and can be used to control digital devices. The focus of BCI development has been on using the technology to allow patients to control assistive equipment such as wheelchairs or prostheses. Beyond medicine they are under development for applications in entertainment, marketing and defence. This POSTnote looks at the underpinning technology, its applications and the associated ethical and regulatory challenges.
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) measure brain activity and can be used to control digital devices. The focus of BCI development has been on using the technology to allow patients to control assistive equipment such as wheelchairs or prostheses. Beyond medicine they are under development for applications in entertainment, marketing and defence....
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to make the bionic spine available on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to make the bionic spine available on the NHS.
The bionic spine technology is at a very early stage of development. Research has yet to establish whether the bionic spine will be effective and safe for patients. We will, of course, continue to monitor it, along with other promising new treatments, as it develops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with facial paralysis in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with facial paralysis in each of the last five years.
This information is not collected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other Royal Colleges on the potential merits of using neural interface technology to treat paralysed patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other Royal Colleges on the potential merits of using neural interface technology to treat paralysed patients.
No discussions have taken place between Ministers of the Department and the Royal Colleges on the potential merits of using neural interface technology to treat paralysed patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to support University College London in its work to enable people who have been paralysed to regain the ability to walk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to support University College London in its work to enable people who have been paralysed to regain the ability to walk.
The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds 11 biomedical research centres that conduct translational research to transform scientific breakthroughs into benefits for patients. These centres are formed through partnerships between England’s leading National Health Service organisations and universities.
The NIHR is investing £110 million over five years (2012-17) in the NIHR biomedical research centre at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University College London. The centre is supporting research on the use of cells from the lining of the nose to repair damaged nerves in the spinal cord.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had about the use of titanium implants to enable people who are paralysed by injury to regain their mobility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had about the use of titanium implants to enable people who are paralysed by injury to regain their mobility.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has not been involved in any recent discussions about the use of titanium implants to enable people who are paralysed by injury to regain their mobility.
That this House notes that more than 40,000 people in the UK are paralysed to some degree as a result of spinal cord injury and more than 700 new people each year are affected by spinal cord injury; recognises the fundamental and total change in the lives of people who suffer paralysis as a result of spinal cord injury and the importance of the work of spinal charities such as Spinal Research, the only charity researching spinal cord repair in the UK and a recognised world leader in this area; further notes that following substantial progress in the laboratory the work of Spinal Research is at a critical point where clinical trials in spinal cord repair could begin as early as 2005; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to acknowledge the improvements in the lifestyle of spinal injury victims and the education of dependency, with substantial savings in the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions, that could be achieved by spinal cord repair, and to give consideration to the provision of direct funding for a development programme leading to clinical trials.
That this House notes that more than 40,000 people in the UK are paralysed to some degree as a result of spinal cord injury and more than 700 new people each year are affected by spinal cord injury; recognises the fundamental and total change in the lives of people who...