NHS and Social Services
(asked on 3rd September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings he has had with local authority leaders to discuss improved co-operation between the NHS and social services.
All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns. The returns covering 2017 and 2018 could be found in the GOV.UK website at the following link:
The return covering April to June 2018 has not yet been published but is expected to be soon.
The Ministers in the Department regularly meet with representatives of local authorities including the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services – during these meetings a range of topics are discussed, including integration of health and social care.