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<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>
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