Debates between Mike Amesbury and Angela Eagle during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Tue 25th Apr 2023

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Debate between Mike Amesbury and Angela Eagle
Tuesday 25th April 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Amesbury Portrait Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)
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14. What steps he is taking to improve access to in-home health and social care services.

Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab)
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24. What steps he is taking to improve access to in-home health and social care services.

Helen Whately Portrait The Minister for Social Care (Helen Whately)
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I want people to live independently in their own homes for longer with the care that they need. We are investing half a billion pounds annually through the disabled facilities grant to pay for housing adaptations, and supporting the home care workforce through our record social care funding increase and workforce reforms. Our new and expanded NHS virtual wards give people hospital-level care in their own homes.