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Community Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on the funding of community services.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 11 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 16 Jun 2026
Answer: 16 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on the funding of community services.
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jun 2026
Answer published
There are no specific or ring‑fenced funding instructions for community health services; instead, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning and funding community health services to meet local population needs, within their overall Na...

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