Question follow-through · 12474
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to reduce waiting times for access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Epping Forest.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 24 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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- Princess Alexandra Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital: Finance · 9 Sept 2026
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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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to reduce waiting times for access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Epping Forest.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
We know that children and young people across the country are waiting too long to access National Health Service mental health services.In the Government’s first 12 months, nearly 40,000 more children and young people received support compared to the prev...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Rare Diseases: Epping Forest
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve outcomes for those living with rare diseases including Friedrich's Ataxia in Epping Forest.
Hospital Beds: Epping Forest
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve the availability of hospital beds in Epping Forest and neighbouring constituencies.
Whipps Cross Hospital: Finance
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £27,693,000 allocated to Barts Health NHS Trust through the Estates Safety Fund has been allocated to Whipps Cross Hospital.
Princess Alexandra Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital: Finance
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will (a) Princess Alexandra Hospital and (b) Whipps Cross Hospital receive their allocations from the Estates Safety Fund.