Wednesday 2 July, at
9.30am, the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
The Health and Social Care Committee continues
its inquiry into the
first 1000 days of life on Wednesday, with a three panel session
exploring the support provided to children and families by NHS
services from conception to age two.
In the first part of the session MPs will examine the provision
of community paediatric services, asking witnesses for their
views on the challenges families face in accessing services, how
pressures in community paediatrics could be alleviated, and
whether support in the first 1000 days is prioritised at an ICS
level.
MPs will also reflect on the Government's desired ambition to
move more care into the community and probe what is needed to
enable more paediatric care to be delivered in a primary care
environment.
In the second panel of the session, the Committee will examine
the delivery of speech and language therapy services, asking what
impact the failure to provide adequate speech and language
support during the first 1000 days can have later in a child's
life.
MPs will explore how well speech and languages services are
integrated into wider service provision, and how integration
could be improved, as well as asking witnesses what they think
the workforce plan should include on speech and language
therapists.
The third panel of the session will cover vaccination in the
first 1000 days of life with MPs posing a number of questions
around vaccination coverage rates and the NHS vaccination
strategy.
The Committee will probe why there are significant regional and
ethnic disparities in vaccination coverage rates as well as
asking witnesses if they think there is anything missing from the
NHS vaccination strategy and whether consideration should be
given to increased investment in vaccine programmes.
Witnesses on 2 July
At 9.30am:
- Dr Doug Simkiss, Chair of the British Association for
Community Paediatrics, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health
- Dr Sally Payne, Professional Adviser, Royal College of
Occupational Therapists
- Anna Bird, CEO, Contact
- Dr Claire Fuller, co-medical director for Primary Care, NHS
England
At 10.30am:
- Janet Cooper, Expert Adviser, Royal College of Speech and
Language Therapists and Clinical Lead Speech, Midlands
Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Jane Harris, CEO, Speech and Language UK
At 11.00am
- Dr Helen Skirrow, Researcher, Child Health Unit, School of
Public Health, Imperial College London
- Dr Helen Stewart, Officer for Health Improvement, Royal
College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Dr Amit Aggarwal, Medical Director, Association of the
British Pharmaceutical Industry
