Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the management of emergency admissions of children and infants with bronchiolitis.

This is a matter for NHS England. We are not aware of any steps being taken by the Department to reduce the number of emergency admissions of children and infants with bronchiolitis. Admissions, when they occur, will rightly be at the discretion of the clinician and will be determined by the best interests of the patient.

We are not aware of any steps being taken by the Department regarding management of emergency admissions of children and infants with bronchiolitis. Management of bronchiolitis is an integral part of all paediatric and Emergency Department training and all Emergency Department staff and paediatric assessment unit staff will be well versed in the management of this condition.