Health Services and Social Services
(asked on 5th April 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that there are no legislative barriers to the integration of health and social care services and budgets.
This question was answered on 20th April 2017
The Government is committed to supporting further integration of health and social care. This includes giving due consideration to the need for changes to the legislative framework where this is identified as a barrier to effective integration, and when these changes are in the best interests of the wider health and care system.