| Heading: |
Care Homes: Hospital Beds |
| Question ID: |
1758916 |
| UIN: |
26404 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
54 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS hospitals have not commissioned beds available in care homes to restore capacity on hospital wards by enabling patients to be discharged. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Local authorities should determine the volume and type of services, including care home beds, that are required to meet their responsibilities under the Care Act 2014. National Health Service integrated care boards, local authorities, and providers should... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |