Community Hospitals
Bill Presented — Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill
3:48 pm
Sarah Wollaston (Totnes, Conservative)
I agree absolutely. Their role in so-called step-down care and rehabilitation is vital, and I am glad to hear that it is happening well in Abingdon.
Seventy per cent. of the total spend on health and social care goes on people with long-term conditions. We should all understand that the burden of disease in England has completely changed—from tackling life-threatening emergencies to managing people with long-term, complex condition.