HC Deb 21 March 2002 vol 382 c536W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 13 March 2002,Official Report, column 1138W, on free nursing care, what estimate he has made of the number of assessments a person in receipt of free nursing care will need in the time they are in a care home. [44676]

Jacqui Smith

Based on an average length of stay in a nursing home of 30 months, one would expect three to four reviews to be made following the initial assessments.