Paediatrics: Waiting Lists

(asked on 15th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of pediatric waiting times.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 22nd January 2024

The Department and the National Health Service are committed to ensuring that babies, children, and young people are prioritised in integrated care systems and that reforms in the Health and Care Act 2022 aiming to improve child health and wellbeing outcomes are delivered on the ground.

NHS England has established a National Children and Young People Elective Recovery Delivery Group, bringing together the national Elective Recovery Programme, the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme and other stakeholders. This group aims to accelerate progress and ensure the recovery of paediatric services keeps pace with recovery of adult elective care.

We are making good progress bringing down all waits, including those for children.

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