Written questions

Health Services: Young People

Commons · Question 78793 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the adequacy of NHS provision for young people with (a) complex comorbidities, (b) Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, (c) epilepsy, (d) autism and (e) juvenile systemic lupus.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 4 Nov 2025

Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the needs of their local populations. It is the responsibility of ICBs, working with clinicians, service users, and patient groups, to develop services and car...