COVID-19 VULNERABLE CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAN

Overview

The Department of Health has led on the development of a Covid-19 Vulnerable Children and Young People's Plan, which has been produced on a cross-departmental basis with DfC, DE, DOJ and DfE.  Please click the link below to access the plan:

https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/consultations/consultation-cross-departmental-covid-19-vulnerable-children-and-young-peoples-plan

The plan has been developed in response to the challenges and risks facing children, young people and their families due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  It is intended to reflect a series of activities that will be, or have been, undertaken across the Executive to meet the needs of vulnerable children, young people and their families during this time and in the recovery period after.

Freedom of Information and Data Protection

The information you provide in your response to this consultation, excluding personal information, may be published or disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please tell us why, but be aware that, under the FOIA, we cannot guarantee confidentiality.

Anonymised comments may be published on the Department of Health website and in a resulting report on the consultation. If you are replying on behalf of an organisation, only the name of the organisation will feature in the report.  If you do not want the name of your organisation to be published, please let us know.

Any personal information submitted will be handled in accordance with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018

For more information on how the Department handles personal information please see the Departmental Privacy Notice https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/health/DoH-Privacy-Notice.pdf

Why your views matter

The Executive agreed to the publication of the Covid-19 Vulnerable Children and Young People's plan on 6 August 2020, subject to a targeted consultation to ensure the Plan:

• reflects the activities that are being undertaken to support children and vulnerable families during Covid-19;
• reflects how services have adapted and enhanced provision to continue to support children and families during Covid-19; and
• includes new actions, which have been undertaken specifically to address some of lockdown's risks and challenges.

The Plan will help support the next steps in rebuilding services to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people.

What happens next

Responses will be analysed and the Covid-19 Vulnerable Children and Young People's plan updated to take account of these.  The updated Plan will go back to the Executive for final sign off, and publication on the Department of Health website.