Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) address geographic inequalities in and (b) move towards comprehensive coverage for Community Children's Nursing provision; and if he will make a statement.

Community Children’s Nurses are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Since the publication of Facing the Future Together, by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of General Practitioners, CCGs are considering how Community-based Children’s Nurses can provide a safe, high-quality service that meets the health needs of every child and young person. This includes training Advanced Practitioners, with additional skills such as prescribing, and considering how children’s community nurses should support continuing care and new integrated arrangements for children with special educational needs and disability.