PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Services: Children and Young People (18 November 2014)

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is currently undertaking a national survey of the experiences of children and young people who have experienced inpatient or daycase services in acute settings for the first time. They expect to publish the results of that survey in spring 2015 and will evaluate it fully at that time.

Depending on the outcome of that review, and in discussion with key stakeholder groups, CQC will determine whether to undertake the survey in future years and whether similar surveys should be developed to understand the experiences of children and young people elsewhere within the health and social care system.

This is in line with the recommendations from Dr Sheila Shribman in her report, Getting it right for children and young people. Dr Shribman was commissioned by Professor Sir Mike Richards, CQC’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals, to advise on how CQC inspects hospital services for children and young people including stand-alone specialist children’s hospitals.