Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105904

Health Services: Children

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure children receive appropriate NHS funded physical health and mental health support while they are waiting for an EHCP.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Health services for children and young people are based on clinical need. Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can access National Health Services, including community services, in the usual way, within the loca...

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