Clause 2 - Notice of patient's possible need
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill
12:30 pm
Ms Jacqui Smith (Minister of State, Department of Health; Redditch, Labour)
Our argument is not that those bodies have a good, cosy relationship and send each other Christmas cards. The point is that financial incentives of the type that the Bill introduces are already part of the way in which the primary care trusts and the acute sector operate.