Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 48902

Virtual Wards

Tabled: 29 April 2025

Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he expects the NHS to have a virtual ward capacity of 40 beds per 100,000 people.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The NHS England 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance asks systems to improve access to urgent care services, including virtual ward, also known as hospital at home, services.No national population target has been set centrally for 2025/26 ...

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