Department of Health written question – answered at on 7 July 2015.
Rishi Sunak
Conservative, Richmond (Yorks)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on integrating and improving care provided outside of hospitals.
Alistair Burt
The Minister of State, Department of Health
Through the £5.3 billion Better Care Fund local authorities and the National Health Service are using pooled budgets to deliver integrated care for their local populations.
The NHS is working with 29 vanguard sites across the country as part of the New Care Models programme to support the improvement and integration of services, backed by a £200 million Transformation Fund.
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