Disability: Children

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on maintaining access to health and care services for disabled children and families during the 2021-22 wave of omicron covid-19 infections.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 2nd February 2022

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Education discuss a range of issues related to health and care services. We are working with the Department for Education on the health and care system’s role in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system through the SEND Review. We are also looking at how we can improve the provision of and access to health and care services for disabled children.

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