Health: Hydrotherapy — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:36 pm on 23 November 2010.

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Photo of Lord Walton of Detchant Lord Walton of Detchant Crossbench 2:36, 23 November 2010

My Lords, is the noble Baroness aware that the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Muscular Dystrophy last year carried out a major survey of facilities across the UK for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy-to which the noble Baroness referred-and discovered that boys with that very serious progressive disease who live in places like Newcastle, Oxford, London around Queen Square, and Oswestry, survive into their 30s and sometimes even their 40s, whereas in other parts of the UK they still die in their teens? There is evidence that in the rehabilitation of these patients, hydrotherapy plays an extremely important role. What efforts are the Government making to make certain that this form of treatment, which is invaluable, becomes more widely available across the United Kingdom?