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Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Monday 5th November 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Heather Wheeler Portrait Mrs Wheeler
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I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question, and I commend his council for doing that. My council is going to build 175 next year.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Will the Department work with the Department of Health and Social Care to use the local reorganisation of local government in Northamptonshire as an opportunity to receive local proposals to develop a pilot for a new integrated social care and health system in the county?

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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We are already taking such steps. On 18 October, we convened a meeting between leaders and chief executives of the Northamptonshire councils and representatives of the local health services to start discussions on how, in future, adult social care may be best provided and integrated with health.