Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report Rehabilitation, recovery and reducing health inequity: easing the pain, published by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, published in September 2022, whether he is taking steps to encourage implementation of that report’s recommendations by (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) integrated care boards.

Working with local authorities and community partners, NHS England has begun to develop and pilot a new approach to intermediate care, including rehabilitation and reablement support. Initial learning emerging from the pilot sites will be available by April 2023, and this will support more widespread adoption and implementation during 2023/24. By autumn 2023, NHS England will develop a new planning framework and national standard for rapid discharge into intermediate care.