Oral Question·Foreign and Commonwealth Office
“What diplomatic steps he is taking with his international counterparts to tackle the spread of covid-19.”
Tabled: 11 March 2020Answered: 17 March 2020
Asked by
Dr Caroline Johnson
Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point about the importance of intermediate care, which is a key component of supporting patients into discharge to recover outside of hospitals. Community beds play an important role, but we are clear that home-based intermediate care also needs support, particularly for frail people, through neighbourhood health. That should be the default pathway, and we will continue to work with the system to make that happen.