Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on rolling out clinical networks to improve the quality of care for children with long term conditions such as asthma, epilepsy and diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly. This will set out the next steps the National Health Service will take to deliver the commitments, such as the clinical networks to improve the quality of care for children with long term conditions such as asthma, epilepsy and diabetes, and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and NHS Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.