Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Minister for Public Heath will meet representatives of (a) Public Health England and (b) NHS England to discuss services for families that have children with microcephaly.

NHS England does not collect this data centrally.

Patients with microcephaly will be looked after initially by neonatologists then as they grow, paediatric neurologists as necessary, with input from community-based and neurodisability services as appropriate. Treatment will be provided in accordance with the Service Specification for paediatric neurodisability which can be found here:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/e09-paedi-neurodisability.pdf

I receive regular updates from Departmental officials on Zika and microphaly, with imput from Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England. The Department, PHE and NHS Egnalnd work closely together and will meet to discuss issues, including services for families who have children with microcephaly, as appropriate.