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Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the needs and wellbeing of (a) infants, (b) children and (c) young people are central to the priorities in the NHS 10-Year Plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
28 Jul 2025 · 34 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the needs and wellbeing of (a) infants, (b) children and (c) young people are central to the priorities in the NHS 10-Year Plan.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever and the 10-Year Health Plan is central to achieving this ambition. The three strategic shifts in the Plan set out how we are prioritising them.Hospital to community will mea...

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