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Social Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the National Health Service in helping local authorities to improve the social care sector.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
10 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the National Health Service in helping local authorities to improve the social care sector.

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The National Health Service plays an important role by working collaboratively with local authorities to deliver social care.Integrated care partnerships bring integrated care boards and partner local authorities together, alongside wider system partners,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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