Question follow-through · 8749

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to create a National Care Service; and what his planned timetable is for this.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
15 Oct 2024
Answer
24 Oct 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to create a National Care Service; and what his planned timetable is for this.

  2. 15 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to building a National Care Service based on clear, consistent national standards, that will improve the quality of care. On 10 October 2024, recognising the central role of our amazing care workforce, we took a critical step, ...

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