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1695838

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of parental (a) choice and (b) responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	18535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of levels of parental choice and responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives. Those with parental responsibilities are entitled to give consent for medical treatment on behalf of their children. However, they are not entitled to inappropriate treatment for their children, or to refuse treatment which is in the child’s best interests.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/03/2024 17:52:24 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1691662

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the treatment of (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people by integrated care systems.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	15622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Organisations within integrated care systems (ICSs) that hold the commissioning responsibility for children and young people’s services, provide treatment to the whole population, including babies, children, and young people. There are various mechanisms for monitoring the treatment provided by different organisations, for example general practice services, including immunisations, are monitored via General Practice Indicators.</p><p>Statutory guidance sets out that all integrated care boards (ICBs) have an Executive Lead for children and young people, and that all ICB Joint Forward Plans include a section on babies, children and young people.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is due to begin assessing ICSs. The Department has asked the CQC, as part of its new scrutiny, to assess whether each ICS is adequately considering health and wellbeing outcomes for babies, children, and young people.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2024 14:09:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1681885

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in average waiting times to access (a) community paediatric services, (b) occupational therapy and (c) speech and language therapy in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Addressing waiting lists is a priority for the Department and the National Health Service, and NHS England has asked local systems to develop and agree plans for reducing their community services waiting lists.</p><p>Community Health Service data was first published in October 2022 and is now published monthly. It is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/01/2024 18:02:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1681638

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been waiting for medical procedures for longer than (a) 126 days and (b) 365 days in Feltham and Heston constituency.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	9217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available at a constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/01/2024 10:11:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1674361

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of funding announced for NHS services in 2023 will be spent on child health services.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>As the financial year has not yet concluded, outturn data on National Health Service spending in 2023/2024 is not yet available. The Government is committed to ensuring that babies, children, and young people are prioritised in integrated care systems, and that the reforms in the Health and Care Act 2022 to improve child health and wellbeing outcomes are delivered on the ground.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:37:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5562 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1674362

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce elective backlogs in child health services.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England continues to action the Delivery Plan for Tackling the COVID-19 Backlog of Elective Care, aiming to reduce the number of patients waiting over a year for treatment, including for child health services.</p><p>The Department and the National Health Service are committed to ensuring that babies, children, and young people are prioritised in integrated care systems, and that reforms in the Health and Care Act 2022 aiming to improve child health and wellbeing outcomes are delivered on the ground.</p><p>To join up work, NHS England has established a National Children and Young People Elective Recovery Delivery Group, bringing together the national Elective Recovery Programme, the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme and other stakeholders. The group to accelerate progress and ensure the recovery of paediatric services keeps pace with recovery of adult elective care.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:45:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5563 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1627675

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has been made on implementing the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to ensure that children with learning disabilities (a) have their needs met by eyesight, hearing and dental services, (b) are included in reviews as part of general screening services and (c) are supported by accessible ongoing care.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	184878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment that autistic children and young people, and those with a learning disability, or both in special residential schools should have access to dental, sight and hearing checks. In order to progress this commitment, NHS England has commenced individual proof-of-concept programmes covering the three sensory checks since 2021. These seek to pilot and evaluate a sight, hearing and oral health service model in special residential schools in England.</p><p>The outcomes from the specific proof-of-concept programmes are being collated for each of the sensory workstreams. The findings will inform decisions about the scope, funding and delivery of any commissioning planning for future sensory check delivery for children and young people in special residential schools.</p><p>As part of these programmes more than 690 children and young people have received a hearing check, over 70 children received an oral health check and over 10,900 children and young people have received an eye test.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 184879 question first answered 22/05/2023 16:53:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1627677

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with learning disabilities have had their needs met by (a) eyesight, (b) hearing and (c) dental services since the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan commitment in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	184879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment that autistic children and young people, and those with a learning disability, or both in special residential schools should have access to dental, sight and hearing checks. In order to progress this commitment, NHS England has commenced individual proof-of-concept programmes covering the three sensory checks since 2021. These seek to pilot and evaluate a sight, hearing and oral health service model in special residential schools in England.</p><p>The outcomes from the specific proof-of-concept programmes are being collated for each of the sensory workstreams. The findings will inform decisions about the scope, funding and delivery of any commissioning planning for future sensory check delivery for children and young people in special residential schools.</p><p>As part of these programmes more than 690 children and young people have received a hearing check, over 70 children received an oral health check and over 10,900 children and young people have received an eye test.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 184878 question first answered 22/05/2023 16:53:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1611294

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting time for access to community child health services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	180923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>Children’s community child health services are locally commissioned. NHS England review Community Health Service data to explore what can be done nationally to support local provision and commissioning of services.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 27/04/2023 10:25:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1611329

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective procedure backlogs in child health services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>In February 2022, the National Health Service published a delivery plan setting out a clear vision for how the NHS will recover and reduce waiting times for elective services, including elective procedures in child health services.</p><p>Steps being taken include increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector, and engaging with patients to understand their choices.</p><p>To support this recovery the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available to systems in 2021/22 to help drive up and protect elective activity.</p><p>Having virtually met our target to eliminate long waits of two years or more for elective procedures in July, we have also made significant progress in tackling waits of 78 weeks or more for elective procedures in child health services. NHS England will soon publish statistics that demonstrate what has been achieved to date.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/04/2023 16:22:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon