Written questions

Health Services: Devon

Commons · Question 50658 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 May 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase levels of access to (a) educational psychologists, (b) speech and language therapy and (c) child and adolescent mental health services in Devon.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 May 2025

We know that too many children and young people are not receiving the support they need, including in Devon, and that waits for accessing mental health services and community health services, such as speech and language therapy, are too long. We are deter...