PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Social Services (10 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the provision of services to people receiving care in their homes during the delay phase of the Government's response to covid-19.

Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)

We know social care will be at the frontline of our response to COVID-19, with social care providers looking after many of the most vulnerable in society.

Social care guidance is being worked on urgently and is due to be published in due course.

Officials are working with the local government associations, Public Health England and NHS England on continuity planning, to support social care providers.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
13 March 2020