Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24636

Disability: Children and Young People

Tabled: 17 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Helen Grant

ConservativeMaidstone and Malling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to accelerate provision of (a) therapy services, (b) wheelchairs, (c) orthotics, (d) prosthetics and (e) other equipment for children and young people.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of most children’s therapy services and equipment services in the National Health Service. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for children and young people are...

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