Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a) what plans her Department has to expand community response services for older people who experience falls in their home to enable prompt assessment and treatment and (b) what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the loss of specialist falls services, including in Nottingham East.

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.