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Speech and Language Therapy: Children

Commons · Question 125715 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for NHS children’s speech and language therapy support in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) nationally.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 28 Apr 2026

Community health services, including children’s speech and language therapy, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) recognises that waiting time...