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Community Care

Asked by Mr Will ForsterLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 April 2025UIN 45395

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling urgent community response teams to administer urgent care at home.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Increasing access to urgent community response (UCR) services is a requirement within the 2025/26 NHS Operational Planning guidance, with integrated care board plans showing increases in capacity across the country. UCR also features as a key service within the ‘urgent neighbourhood services’ component of the published Neighbourhood Health guidance.

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