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Community health services

Commons · Question 7472 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to pilot the community delivery of secondary care services.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 15 Oct 2024

Some services traditionally delivered in secondary care, such as particular diagnostic tests, are already being delivered in the community. Services delivered in the community which can support reductions in acute care demand or hospital occupancy, for ex...