Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65653
Hospitals: Social Services
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce delays in adult social care assessments for hospital discharge.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Urgent and Emergency Care plan for 2025/26, published by NHS England, has set a priority that hospitals should tackle the delays in patients waiting to be discharged. The plan asks systems to set local performance targets by discharge pathway and elim...
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