§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people the Government estimate are in care homes but who could be treated in their own homes; and what targets they have for increasing capacity for home-based care. [614351
§ Jacqui SmithThe NHS Plan, published in July 2000, set a target to increase by 2004 the numbers of people helped to live in their own home by 50,000 through home care and other support.
154WThe Department does not collect information about people currently in care homes, who might be cared for in their own home.