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Hospital Beds: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of social care delays, the availability of supported housing, the provision of home care packages, and access to mental health beds and community care pack

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
17 Jun 2026
Answer
22 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of social care delays, the availability of supported housing, the provision of home care packages, and access to mental health beds and community care pack

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    No assessment has been made on the impact of social care on discharge delays as we do not hold the data. Data on reasons for discharge delays are published by NHS England and is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statist...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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