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Written Question
Community Health Services
Tuesday 11th February 2025

Asked by: Daniel Francis (Labour - Bexleyheath and Crayford)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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 - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We are determined to transform the NHS into a neighbourhood health service. As a downpayment we have announced the biggest boost to GP funding in years - an extra £889 million.

However, the reform needed to shift health care from hospital to community will come through our 10 year plan.

We are also making the biggest investment into hospices in a generation, boosting the Disabled Facilities Grant by £86 million and implementing an Elective Reform Plan that will see more tests and scans delivered in the community.