Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for a national rollout of the enhanced health in care homes vanguard scheme; and if he will make a statement.

By 2020, it is envisaged that more than 50% of the country will be covered by the new care models, one of which is the enhanced health in care homes (EHCH) model. The new care models programme has recently published the enhanced health in care homes framework, which sets out both the emerging care model, and the best practice, that others can implement to significantly improve the outcomes of service users.

The Five Year Forward View partners will work with providers and commissioners in a number of ways to help spread elements of the EHCH care model as effectively as possible. The partners are already spreading this model through supporting its adoption in existing vanguards, as well as through the 2016/17 planning process, Sustainability and Transformation Plans, and through trade associations and providers.