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1669670

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to use the same model for the commissioning of social care services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	1678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Under the Care Act, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to ensure a diverse range of high-quality person-centred care and ensure that support services are provided to meet the needs of the local population. We recognise that this is challenging, and the Government intends to develop a set of national commissioning standards, to set clear expectations of what good commissioning looks like and to drive greater consistency across the country. We are also investing in a new training offer for senior commissioners, to enhance strategic leadership capability and ensure they have the skills they need to shape their markets well. <br> <br> We recently published the Market Sustainability Insights Report, which summaries some of the approaches local authorities in England are taking to building sustainable and innovative care markets. It is designed to be a supportive tool for local authority commissioners and it is available at the following link:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-market-sustainability-plans-insights-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-market-sustainability-plans-insights-report</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/11/2023 12:14:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1667848

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to local authorities on the level of social care they should provide before requesting the NHS to take responsibility for patient care.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>No such recent guidance has been issued. The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care was last updated in 2022, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-framework-for-nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-framework-for-nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care</a></p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities must assess any adult where it appears the adult may have needs for care and support. Where an individual has healthcare needs such that it appears they may be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), the local authority must refer the individual to the National Health Service, who may assess them. Where an individual has been assessed as having a ‘primary health need’ following a CHC assessment the NHS funds their healthcare and associated social care needs in any non-acute setting. If a person is not eligible for CHC, they may potentially receive NHS-funded Nursing Care or a joint package of health and social care which is funded by both the NHS and the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/11/2023 13:18:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1642377

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to reform the social care charging system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	188067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering adult social care charging reform, which will include the introduction of a cap on personal care costs and a significant expansion of the means test. As announced in the Autumn Statement, we have listened to the concerns of local Government and taken the difficult decision to delay the planned reforms. The funding has been retained in local authority budgets to help them meet current pressures.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/06/2023 13:04:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1587493

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to adult social care in (a) Romford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Havering and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	148537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is making available up to £7.5 billion in additional funding over two years to support adult social care and discharge in England with up to £2.8 billion available in 2023/24 and up to £4.7 billion in 2024/25. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 was published on 6 February 2023, and includes details of all grant funding available to all English local authorities to support adult social care and discharge, including Havering Council.</p><p>The department does not hold data on funding provided at constituency level. Alongside additional funding, from April, the Care Quality Commission will begin to assess all local authorities’ delivery of their adult social care duties. This will help drive quality and better outcomes, including accessibility, for those drawing on care and support.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/03/2023 14:15:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1565845

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit staff to fill vacancies in the social care sector and (b) ensure high standards of care in that sector.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	120983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>In February 2022, we made care workers eligible for the Health and Care Visa and added them to the Shortage Occupation list. We are also investing £15 million to further boost overseas recruitment opportunities. We are running a national recruitment campaign, with continuous activity across jobs boards, video on demand, digital audio, radio and social media until 31 March. We are also making available £500 million to support safe and timely discharges from hospital. Where appropriate local areas can use this funding for measures related specifically to the recruitment and retention of care workers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 11:55:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1564424

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help enable local authorities to provide more adult social care for patients in hospitals who cannot be discharged due to a lack of social care.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	117758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>In September the Government announced the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund to support timely and safe discharge from hospital into the community. The funding has been split between local authorities and National Health Service integrated care boards (ICBs). All the funding will be pooled through the Better Care Fund, with local authorities and ICBs jointly planning how it should be spent.</p><p>On 9 January 2023, the Government announced £200 million in new funding for the NHS to buy thousands of extra beds in care homes and other settings to help discharge more patients who are fit to leave hospital and free up hospital beds for those who need them. This additional funding will be allocated to ICBs and we expect they will work with local authorities to identify where the new capacity is most needed.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 14:50:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1564425

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on increasing social care capacity.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	117759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Officials and ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regularly meet with local authorities and their representatives to discuss social care capacity.</p><p>We have announced a £500 million discharge fund for this winter that can be used flexibly by local areas to speed up safe discharge and support workforce capacity. On 9 January, we announced an additional £200 million fund specifically for short term care, to allow local areas to buy thousands of extra beds in care homes and other settings and to invest flexibly in other forms of step-down bedded care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 11:48:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1535767

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made on the potential merit of local authorities providing adult social care services based on an in-house, insourced service model.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	71298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the commissioning of care and support services to meet the needs of the local population. The Health and Care Act 2022 includes provisions for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to assess the performance of local authorities' of delivery adult social care duties, as set out under the Care Act 2014. The CQC has been working with local government and the care sector to develop a framework for these assessments, which includes consideration of how local authorities undertake commissioning and market shaping duties.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/11/2022 17:43:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 29730 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1349198

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities are in Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (a) 3 (b) 4.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	37509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/09/2021 09:39:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1349200

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take in the event that social care systems are placed in Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (a) 3 and (b) 4.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	37510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) is a method used by the NHS to measure the stress, demand, and pressure a hospital is under. OPEL is not used to measure the stress, demand, and/or pressure a social care system is under.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for meeting eligible social care needs for people in their local area. The Department’s regional assurance team works with local authorities to assess and anticipate risks in local areas. If a Trust is raised to OPEL 3 or 4, the Department will provide support to ensure that the local social care system will work effectively with the Trust to manage demand. We also monitor pressures in the adult social care sector through the Capacity Tracker which collects data on workforce, PPE status, and vaccine uptake for COVID-19 and flu. The Department shares data via its dashboard to ensure that systems are prepared if pressures on services become high. If a Trust is raised to OPEL 3 or 4, any potential resulting pressures on social care could be reflected in these monitoring systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/09/2021 09:47:25 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell