Question follow-through · 61439

Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that babies and young children are included in the 10-Year Health Plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that babies and young children are included in the 10-Year Health Plan.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever.The 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service will make it fit for the future. This includes policies that will impact on babies, and young children. The pla...

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