Question follow-through · 72595

Patients: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parents with children in hospital have access to care close to their home.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 29 Aug 2025
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2025
Answer: 4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline

29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parents with children in hospital have access to care close to their home.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2025
Answer published
On 3 July 2025, the Government published the 10-Year Health Plan, setting out its vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service to bring care into local communities, transform access to health services, and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. This will m...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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