Building a sustainable care and support system where people understand their responsibilities and can prepare for the future is a key priority for this Government. It is important that people know that the care they receive will be to a high standard and will help them maintain their independence and well-being.<\/p>
The Department continues to work closely on the Green Paper. Minsters meet regularly with officials and ensure that other departments and key stakeholders are consulted regularly.<\/p>
In line with the Government\u2019s planning and performance framework process, the Department\u2019s priorities are published online in the Single Departmental Plan.<\/p>
The Department\u2019s priorities for 2018/19 are that we will:<\/p>
- keep people healthy to support economic productivity and sustainable public services;<\/p>
- transform primary care, community, and social care to keep people living more independent, healthier lives for longer in their community;<\/p>
- support the National Health Service to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable hospital care and secure the right workforce;<\/p>
- support research and innovation to maximise health and economic productivity;<\/p>
- ensure accountability of the health and care system to Parliament and the taxpayer, and create an efficient and effective Department;<\/p>
- create value (reduced costs and growing income) by promoting better awareness and adoption of good commercial practice across the Department and our arm\u2019s length bodies.<\/p>
The Department\u2019s 2019/20 Single Departmental Plan will be published in due course in line with the usual processes.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4019", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-27T13:37:50.73Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Services"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 February (HL13173) which stated that the \"Social Care Green Paper remains a priority for this Government\", how they define priority in this instance; and what are the Department of Health and Social Care's other priorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/457", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Pendry"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Pendry"} ], "uin" : "HL16473"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 1, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }