§ Earl Howeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which specific conditions will be mentioned in the Children's National Service Framework: and what criteria have been used to support their inclusion. [HL617]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)The Children's National Service Framework (NSF) will set standards for children's and young people's services. The standards will outline what support should be available to children and their parents in managing a wide range of conditions and problems. This will emphasise the promotion of evidence-based clinical guidelines and will provide examples of good practice. In addition, the NSF will include a small number of exemplars, which use particular problems to illustrate what the standards mean for children and their82WA families. These will include asthma, autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, and epilepsy in pregnancy: these have been selected on the basis that they affect large numbers of families and involve a wide range of services. Other exemplars may also be produced as part of the ongoing work on the NSF.
§ Earl Howeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Children's National Service Framework will support the recommendations made in the Department of Health's Good Practice in Continence Services. [HL619]
§ Lord WarnerIt is not intended that the Children's National Service Framework will set standards for the treatment of specific conditions, but rather will outline what support should be available to children and their parents in managing a whole range of problems, including continence problems. In doing so it will emphasise the promotion of evidence-based clinical guidelines and provide examples of good practice.