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Hospitals: Community Care

Asked by Deirdre CostiganLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 January 2025UIN 902069

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to shift care from hospitals into the community.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

It is vital to move services from hospital to community. The Chancellor made funding available for 380,000 more talking therapies for patients and put in place a £26 million capital investment scheme for mental health crisis centres. A lot of work has been done, but there is a lot more still to do.

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