Question follow-through · 49220

Health Services and Social Security: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of integrating health services with social welfare advice.

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of integrating health services with social welfare advice.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    We recognise the importance of integrated health and care services, including social welfare advice. We are committed to moving to a Neighbourhood Health Service, which will reinforce integrated working between the National Health Service, social care, lo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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