Health and Social Care

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:05 am on 3 December 2021.

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Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) 11:05, 3 December 2021

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight that. My hon. Friend the Minister for Care and Mental Health has done a huge amount of work on both investment and working with local systems to improve hospital discharge for those who do not need to be in hospital any more, to give them that step-down support, be that domiciliary care or in other settings. In the current context, we must do that safely, but she is working extremely hard to deliver that and doing a fantastic job.