Care Homes
Commons · Question 121614 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the need for out-of-area placements in residential and nursing care.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 26 Mar 2026
Decisions about care placements are made locally, based on individual assessments of need and personal circumstances. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care markets and commission services to meet the diver...