Video Games: Children
(asked on 11th February 2020) - 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 has made an assessment of the long-term effects of video game addiction on primary school-aged children.
This question was answered on 19th February 2020
No assessment has been made. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has made provision for children and young people who are seriously addicted to computer games to be treated in a new Centre for Internet and Gaming Disorders. The NHS National Gaming Disorder Clinic provides treatment for problem gamers, aged 13-25, living in England and Wales.