Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure accurate recording of care experienced patients.

The Government is committed to improving the experiences and health outcomes of care experienced patients.

To ensure accurate recording of care experienced patients, clinical codes can be applied to health records to identify individuals as care leavers up to the age of 25 years old. Work is ongoing to consider how accurate recording of care experience can be improved in the health system to enable treatment and care to be more tailored to individual needs.

NHS England is developing all-age safeguarding training that will be mandatory for all staff working in the National Health Service from the end of 2026. This training will include information on care leavers and care experienced people to improve understanding of their experiences and needs for all staff in the NHS.