(UK) Govt wants special educational needs to be addressed in "mainstream education"
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Sept 18, 2025, Learning Disability Today: Education and health must work together to solve SEND crisis, MPs say
A cross-party group of MPs is calling on the Government to ensure that special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision is an intrinsic part of mainstream education and is the responsibility of the whole school.
It also wants the government to invest in the workforces of both education and health services, to ensure that the health service steps up to its role in addressing the SEND crisis, and to improve collaboration between the two sectors.
The report from the Education Committee states that the cultural shift would then alleviate the rising need for complex, costly education, health, and care plans (EHCPs) in the long term, helping to put schools and local authorities’ finances on a sustainable footing.
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