Question follow-through · 22985
Mental Health Services and Speech and Language Therapy: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in reducing waiting times for (a) speech and language therapy services and (b) neurodevelopmental services.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in reducing waiting times for (a) speech and language therapy services and (b) neurodevelopmental services.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department and NHS England are committed to reducing long waits and improving timely access to community health services. This includes improving access to Speech and Language Therapy through the Early Language and Support for Every Child (ELSEC) path...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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