I want to talk about CHI and the enormous damage being done to children in this country. I received a reply to a parliamentary question today which states that 525 scoliosis operations were cancelled in the past four years. That figure has doubled within just three years. Half of the reasons were given as clinical but we know that Harvey Morrison Sherratt was taken off the waiting list for clinical reasons. That is a very broad brush. We also know that 20% of the cancellations are unaccounted for at the moment. We are not told in which hospitals this is happening and we are also told there has been an increase in the number of emergencies. That leads me to believe there is a capacity issue if those emergencies are knocking existing operations off the chart. The information that has been provided to parent is damagingly slow. Phase 1 of the Nayagam report is complete but parents have been refused sight of it. Why have the recommendations of the Nayagam report not even been published at this stage? Why are parents receiving redacted documents relating to their children? In terms of the statutory inquiry, we are no further along. There was a promise that terms of reference would be sorted out within 16 weeks. There are two weeks left of that deadline. The campaign group has not even been brought in to meet the Minister to discuss the terms of reference. When will the terms of reference be provided? It is likely that they will not be provided for at least another three, four or five months. Families are furious at the lack of support they are getting from Government.

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I asked a question about the terms of reference.

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There has been no meeting with the families on the terms of reference.

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