PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Community Hospitals (7 December 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information (a) his Department and (b) NHS England holds on plans for community hospitals to relieve pressures on acute hospitals over the winter 2016 period.
Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Answer
Community care providers are part of their local A&E Delivery Boards. These Boards have developed comprehensive plans to manage winter pressures across all sectors of their local health economies and ensure patient flow along the urgent care pathway is as smooth as possible.
Answered by:
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
15 December 2016
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