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Continuing Care: Standards

Asked by Tom HayesLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 November 2024UIN 14864

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the NHS continuing healthcare programme.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Department works closely with NHS England, which holds integrated care boards accountable and engages with them to discharge their functions, including via regular and well-established assurance mechanisms.

The Department also engages with the wider sector such as the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and voluntary organisations representing people with lived experience.

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