Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of fully integrating primary care with secondary care and social care.

An impact statement was completed as part of the 10-Year Health Plan, which highlights that joining up care leads to better outcomes for people and greater efficiencies in service delivery. The impact statement is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-statement-10-year-health-plan-for-england

The Neighbourhood Health Service will be integral to how we create a National Health Service working in partnership across a full range of services, including primary, secondary and social care, to provide early interventions that meet people’s needs holistically and in a more person-centred way.