Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children and young people who are discharged from paediatric intensive therapy units to (a) a ward and (b) the community receive rehabilitation services.

It is a priority for the Department to ensure that discharged patients, including children and young people, are provided with the right care, at the right place, and at the right time. Rehabilitation is critical to ensuring that patients discharged on intermediate care pathways from acute settings receive appropriate support to recover. National Health Service integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring there is sufficient capacity to meet demand for rehabilitation services, including for children and young people.