Covid-19 Update Debate
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Stephen Hammond
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(3 years, 1 month ago)
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Maggie Throup
The Government have clearly laid out our autumn and winter plan, and that is what we are sticking with.
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)
I thank my hon. Friend for her statement today and her confirmation of the Government’s plans. I particularly welcome the £162.5 million for social care. Can she confirm that that will also have a package for discharge, as well as extra staff, because that will then allow the NHS to concentrate on fighting the backlog and this disease, rather than having the beds blocked?
Maggie Throup
There will be further details of this additional funding shortly, but it will be to encourage more people to become care workers and to support those in place already, so I am sure it will achieve exactly what my hon. Friend has requested.