PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Stepping Hill Hospital: Speech and Language Therapy (18 April 2023)

The provision of speech and language therapy services is a local decision. NHS England is working with the Department for Education to identify and support children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs by co-funding pathfinder sites that will deliver the Early Language Support for Every Child programme in Early Years and Primary School settings. As part of the Government’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan published in March 2023, the £70 million Change Programme will trial new ways of working to better identify and support children with speech, language and communication needs in early years and primary schools, and to improve access to speech and language therapy for those who need it.