Question follow-through · 1778

Occupational Therapy: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of occupational therapists in implementing care plans as quickly as possible in community settings in Surrey.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 15 May 2026
Target answer date: 19 May 2026
Answer: 1 Jun 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of occupational therapists in implementing care plans as quickly as possible in community settings in Surrey.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department has not made a specific assessment of the effectiveness of Occupational Therapy services in Surrey.However, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has a legal duty to assess how well local authorities are delivering their duties under the 2014 C...

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