Health Services: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 81708 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing appropriately skilled professionals using a competency-based framework to undertake Initial Health Assessments.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 9 Dec 2025
Local authorities are responsible for making sure a health assessment of physical, emotional and mental health needs is carried out for every child they look after, regardless of where that child lives. Integrated care boards (ICBs) commission a health pr...