Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71589

Social Services

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

James Naish

LabourRushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of short-term, unplanned adult social care services in preventing hospital admissions for working-aged adults with (a) learning disabilities and

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government and the National Health Service are working with local authorities and adult social care providers to help keep people well and independent for as long as possible, and to provide alternatives to hospital and care home admissions.We have se...

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