Question follow-through · 67222
Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for people leaving hospital and moving to a care home.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 10 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
11 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for people leaving hospital and moving to a care home.
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The statutory hospital discharge guidance sets out that people leaving hospital, including those who will be moving to a care home, should be supported throughout the discharge process and post discharge. The discharge process should be person-centred, st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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