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Written Question
Hospitals: Discharges
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were waiting to be discharged from hospital for three weeks or more despite being identified as medically fit for discharge on 13 March 2023.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information requested is not held centrally.


Written Question
Hospitals: Discharges
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were waiting to be discharged from hospital for one week or more despite being identified as medically fit for discharge on 13 March 2023.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information requested is not held centrally.


Written Question
Hospitals: Discharges
Tuesday 21st March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time between a patient being identified as medically fit for discharge and being discharged was in each of the last 12 months.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information requested is not held centrally.


Written Question
Hospitals: Discharges
Friday 17th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Up to £250 million to speed up hospital discharge, published by his Department on 9 January 2023, whether there is a deadline by which that funding needs to be spent.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The £50 million capital funding and the £200 million funding for short-term National Health Service step down care packages is required to be incurred by 31 March 2023.


Written Question
Social Services: Finance
Wednesday 15th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £70 million of funding to help improve the delivery of care and support services has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further information about the "People at the Heart of Care" White Paper will be published shortly.


Written Question
Social Services: Finance
Wednesday 15th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £30 million of funding for the innovation of support and care has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further information about the "People at the Heart of Care" White Paper will be published shortly.


Written Question
Health and Social Services: Housing
Wednesday 15th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £300 million of funding to integrate housing into local health and care strategies has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further information about the "People at the Heart of Care" White Paper will be published shortly.


Written Question
Social Services: Technology
Wednesday 15th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £150 million of funding for the adoption of technology in the social care sector has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further information about the "People at the Heart of Care" White Paper will be published shortly.


Written Question
Carers: Finance
Wednesday 15th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £25 million of funding to help support services for unpaid carers has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further information about the "People at the Heart of Care" White Paper will be published shortly.


Written Question
Social Services: Qualifications and Training
Wednesday 15th March 2023

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, how much and what proportion of the £500 million of funding to help improve the training and qualifications of the social care workforce has been received by (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards since the announcement of that funding.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further information about the "People at the Heart of Care" White Paper will be published shortly.