Better Care Fund
(asked on 30th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding allocated to the Better Care Fund.
This question was answered on 7th December 2022
The Government recently increased funding for the Better Care Fund (BCF) between 2022 and 2025. An additional £500 million will be allocated to the BCF in 2022/23 to reduce delays in discharging medically fit individuals from hospital. The autumn statement also announced £600 million in 2023/24 and £1 billion in 2024/25 will be allocated in addition to the funding from the 2021 Spending Review.