Long-term Care

HC Deb 27 January 1998 vol 305 c202W

Ms Drown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultation the Government have carried out on the proposal that the nursing costs of long-term care should be met by the NHS. [25918]

Mr. Boateng

We have noted this issue in our initial evidence to the Royal Commission, which will no doubt be considering it in the wider context of its considerations on the funding of long-term care.