Written questions

Health Services: Weather

Commons · Question 628 · Tabled 18 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to commence preparations for winter planning; and if he will make it his policy to prioritise funding for increased levels of care in the community in those plans.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 29 Jul 2024

Guidance on winter planning for health and care services is expected to be issued by the summer recess, building on NHS England’s 2024/25 operational planning guidance published in April 2024.The Government has been clear that as part of the future reform...