Social Services: Finance

(asked on 19th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement on NHS Winter Pressures on Monday 9 January 2023, how much of the announced £200 million additional Discharge Funding has been received by (a) care home providers and (b) domiciliary care providers as of 19 January 2023.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 26th January 2023

The £200 million discharge funding announced on 9 January is held centrally by NHS England and allocated to integrated care boards (ICBs). These allocations were published on 13 January. ICBs lead on the procurement and purchasing of this additional capacity, working closely with local authorities, in line with local need. ICBs will be reimbursed by NHS England based on their actual spend up to the level of the capped budget. As such, the Department is not directly distributing money to providers.

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