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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1699119/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>On 26 January 2024, we published statutory guidance on discharge from mental health inpatient settings. This guidance sets out key principles for how National Health Service bodies and local authorities across adult and children\u2019s services should work together to support people in being discharged from mental health inpatient services, including mental health inpatient services for people with a learning disability and for autistic people. This guidance states that strong links should be made with relevant community services prior to, and during, the person\u2019s stay in hospital, and that this should include links in relation to meeting the person\u2019s housing needs.<\/p><p>We continue to support the delivery of new supported housing by providing capital subsidies to providers, through the Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund and the Affordable Homes Programme in England.<\/p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is represented on the Building the Right Support Delivery Board. This cross-Government, cross-system board is responsible for driving progress on reducing the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health inpatient services.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689294/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Individual National Health Service organisations are legally responsible for maintaining their estates. NHS England continues to work with trusts to ensure their estates are a safe environment for patients and staff. Where asbestos may pose a safety risk, such as when disturbed during building works, experts are brought in to safely dispose of it.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government allocated £4.2 billion capital this financial year for the National Health Service to support local priorities, including where appropriate removing asbestos from buildings.<\/p>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1677114", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1677114/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested is not routinely collected centrally. Ambulance performance data is published monthly by NHS England and is available at the following link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2023-24/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2023-24/<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls were responded to by mental health joint response cars in London in each of the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1675237/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government\u2019s policy remains that, where a benefit entitles a claimant to free prescriptions, the claimant must be in receipt of that benefit. For example, Universal Credit claimants must be in receipt of a positive award of Universal Credit and their earnings in their last assessment period must meet the income thresholds to entitle them to free prescriptions.<\/p><p>Not everyone who is subject to the new claim closure measure will lose access to free prescriptions. As always, if entitlement to other benefits is reliant solely on a Universal Credit claim to establish eligibility, that eligibility will cease if the claim is closed. Claimants who have more severe health conditions and vulnerabilities are excluded from conditionality, sanctions and claim closure.<\/p><p>There is a variety of exemption criteria beyond receiving Universal Credit which would qualify an individual for free prescriptions. As such, no assessment has been made of removing free prescriptions for all benefit claimants or benefits claimants with long-term health conditions. Around 89% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge. Eligibility depends on the patient\u2019s age, whether people are pregnant or have recently had a baby, whether they are in qualifying full-time education, get a war pension or have a qualifying medical condition.<\/p><p>People on a low income who do not qualify for an exemption from prescription charges can seek help under the NHS Low Income Scheme, which provides help with health costs on an income-related basis. For those who do not qualify for exemption, prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) allow people to claim as many prescriptions as they need for a set cost. A three-monthly PPC or an annual PPC will save people money if they need four or more items in three months or 13 or more items in 12 months.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Elective recovery taskforce: implementation plan, published by her Department on 4 August 2023, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure elective recovery remains a key priority for those with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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