Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98931

Developmental Language Disorder

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered requesting the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to set national clinical guidelines for developmental language disorders.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

Topics for new or updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance are considered through an established prioritisation process. Decisions as to whether NICE will create new, or update existing, guidance are overseen by a prioriti...

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