Dementia: Health Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with complex dementia needs, including those requiring one-to-one support, can access safe and suitable care placements following discharge from hospital.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Government recognises the challenges in securing suitable care placements for people with complex needs including dementia. National Health Service bodies and local authorities are expected to work together to plan discharge early and ensure that care arrangements, including one-to-one support, are reflective to individual needs following discharge from hospital.
Through reforms to the Better Care Fund, integrated care boards and local authorities are expected to strengthen joint planning and work with providers to develop more integrated and effective care services to meet demand, including for people with complex dementia needs.
Additionally, the Government will deliver the first ever Modern Service framework for Frailty and Dementia, setting national standards for dementia and frailty care and redirecting NHS and adult social care priorities to provide the best possible care and support. Those with dementia and/or frailty will also benefit from more joined up care through co-created care plans, and by 2027, 95% of those with complex needs will have an agreed care plan.
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