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Health Services: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising care-experienced children for (a) mental health, (b) neurodiversity and (c) other NHS appointments.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising care-experienced children for (a) mental health, (b) neurodiversity and (c) other NHS appointments.

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Although the Department is not convening a formal assessment, we believe that for care-experienced children and young people who are struggling with their mental health, fast access to early, high-quality support is critical. That is why the 10-Year Healt...

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