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Wera Hobhouse

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Glasgow School of Art
Tuesday 19th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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I sincerely hope so, because Scottish NHS patients are currently 30% more likely to wait too long for their elective care.

Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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What comparison has the Minister made of the cost of preventing children and young people’s mental health issues by tackling adverse childhood experience in the first few years of life, rather than letting them develop into much costlier issues for school-age children?

Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait Jackie Doyle-Price
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The hon. Lady will be aware that there is much work going on in this area. We are clear that we need to tackle these issues in schools, which is in the Green Paper, but more support also needs to be given in the early years. We are looking at how we can do that.

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