Childbirth
Commons · Question 43402 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ayoub Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rates at which children born preterm receive follow-up health and developmental assessments at ages (a) two and (b) four.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Apr 2025
We are committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. To help deliver this, we are strengthening health visiting services, which are responsible for monitoring and assessing the health and development of children aged zero to five years ...