Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 62693

Children: Protection

Tabled: 25 June 2025

Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS providers remain accountable for discharging their statutory safeguarding duties for children following the closure of NHS England.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department and NHS England’s safeguarding officials already work as one team to ensure that ministerial decisions are informed by policy and clinical expertise, considering the distinct yet integrated layers of child safeguarding functions. Through th...

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