§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people he estimates have been diverted from requiring long-term care by the provision of intermediate care in the last three years. [152816]
§ Dr. LadymanThis information is not collected centrally. However the Department of Health has commissioned independent national research into the effectiveness of intermediate care, the results of which will be available in 2005–06.
Further information about the research projects can be obtained from the websites www.prw.le.ac.uk/intcare and www.nuffield.leeds.ac.uk"