Question follow-through · 10398
Patients: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people facing homelessness are discharged safely from hospital.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people facing homelessness are discharged safely from hospital.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department is committed to promoting safe and timely discharge for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness to appropriate accommodation. Every acute hospital has access to a care transfer hub to manage discharge for people with more complex n...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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