Question follow-through · 50796
Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is is taking to help tackle delays in the transfer of care.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 30 May 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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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
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is is taking to help tackle delays in the transfer of care.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 May 2025
Answer published
It is a priority for the Department to tackle delays in the transfer of care, and to ensure that people receive the care that they need.On 30 January 2025, the Government published a revised policy framework for the £9 billion Better Care Fund. The new BC...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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