Nurses: Educational Institutions
(asked on 2nd February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department considers clinical nursing care delivered in education settings to constitute NHS healthcare for which Integrated Care Boards hold commissioning responsibility under existing statutory duties.
The Government is committed to delivering the healthiest generation of children ever. The National Health Service is responsible for meeting the health needs of children and young people diagnosed with an illness or medical condition, including long term conditions.
On 5 February Standardising community health services – core component descriptions was published, and is available at the following link:
It includes the core components of a special school nursing service and community children's nursing service. This document is primarily to support integrated care boards’ strategic commissioning of Community Health Services.
Within this document, NHS England outlines the core responsibilities of these services, including their role in supporting children with medical conditions to access education settings.