Question follow-through · 83409
Community Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Boards to reduce waiting times for (a) speech and language therapy, (b) physiotherapy, (a) community paediatrics and (d) other communi
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Boards to reduce waiting times for (a) speech and language therapy, (b) physiotherapy, (a) community paediatrics and (d) other communi
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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30 Oct 2025
Answer published
Community health services are an essential building block in developing a neighbourhood health service, working closely with primary care, social care, and other community services to provide more care in the community to spot problems early.We are commit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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