Question follow-through · 127341
Health Visitors: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to tackle the decline in the number of health visits to families with young children.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- ADHD: Drugs · 21 Apr 2026
- ADHD: Mental Health Services · 21 Apr 2026
- NHS: Energy · 2 Jun 2026
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Energy · 2 Jun 2026
- Woking Community Hospital: Energy · 2 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to tackle the decline in the number of health visits to families with young children.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2026
Answer published
The number of health visits which must be offered to families in England has remained the same since 2015, with additional support provided according to need. Families must be offered at least five health visits, with four of these taking place post birth...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
ADHD: Drugs
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ADHD: Mental Health Services
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed the success of shared care agreements with private providers when it comes to ADHD patient cases.
NHS: Energy
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase energy efficiently and reduce energy bills in the hospitals and across the NHS estate.
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Energy
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to support Ashford and St Peter's Hospital Trust to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy bills on their estate.
Woking Community Hospital: Energy
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase energy-efficiency and (b) reduce energy bills at Woking Community Hospital.
Palliative Care
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on the public purse of meeting the target to cut unplanned hospital admissions and bed days of one or over by 10% for people at the end of life, as
Palliative Care: Finance
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in securing new funding for the Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End of Life Care.
Palliative Care: Standards
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are held to account over the Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End of Life Care.
Health Services: Standards
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to address regional differences in NHS healthcare.
Integrated Care Boards: Accident and Emergency Departments
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Social Services: Older People
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure older people and self-funding care home residents receive timely information on their statutory rights under the Care Act 2014.
Pharmacy: Finance
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rising medicine purchase costs and stock shortages on the financial viability of community pharmacies.