§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to make the National Health Service responsible for running and financing nursing homes. [47752]
§ Mr. BoatengNone. Where a patient meets eligibility criteria for continuing National Health Service in-patient care, the NHS is responsible for arranging and funding such care, either by providing it in a NHS hospital or purchasing it from a nursing home. We have no plans to take privately-owned nursing homes into public ownership.