Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31713

Hospitals: Discharges

Tabled: 13 February 2025

Answered: 27 February 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with (a) Integrated Care Boards and (b) housing providers to provide support for people leaving hospital.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

On 30 January 2025, the Government published the policy framework for the Better Care Fund (BCF) for 2025/26, which will take effect on 1 April. The framework requires National Health Service integrated care boards (ICBs) and local authorities to agree to...

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