Question follow-through · 94164

Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of hospitals delivering specialist multi-disciplinary teams for patients experiencing homelessness.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of hospitals delivering specialist multi-disciplinary teams for patients experiencing homelessness.

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Department published guidance in 2024 called Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness to support the care transfer hub, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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