Social Care
Social care services, care homes, adult social care (NOT migrant care workers)
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 56PMQs 2026-07-15
Two weeks ago, the news leaked that Powys teaching health board is considering taking the beds out of all but two community hospitals in Powys. Some 2,500 people have already signed my petition agains...
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University Hospitals Sussex currently has 350 people well enough to go home, but occupying beds. That is the same number of beds as in Princess Royal hospital in Haywards Heath in my constituency. The...
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Despite extra Government funding, adult social care services in my community are in disarray. My constituents also face a new fire risk because we do not have a fully functioning fire authority. This ...
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The dementia gateway in my constituency was recently at risk of closure due to £42 million-worth of budget cuts by Dudley council. The gateway provides vital services including daytime activities and ...
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Among the messages that voters sent to Ministers last week, one stood out: bring back the winter fuel payment for millions of struggling pensioners. People will therefore be disappointed that the Prim...
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My constituents Peter and Maureen have been married for 70 years. Peter is 93 and has been stuck in a hospital ward for weeks waiting to go home because a care package has not been arranged. Will the ...
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Q4. Businesses such as Hicks in Harpenden, charities such as the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted, and health and social care providers such as the Elms medical practice in Harpenden, are among th...
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Fixing the care crisis is urgent for millions affected. Over 12,000 patients are stuck in hospitals without proper care. The PM agrees on cross-party approach but can he speed up work so 2025 sees rea...
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My constituent contacted me regarding an inability to get an ambulance for a critically ill patient because all ambulances were outside Hereford A&E waiting to unload their patients. Meanwhile, medica...
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I know how much professional care work means to the Deputy Prime Minister. Cariad Care Homes in Porthmadog tells me that it will not be able to absorb the additional exorbitant costs imposed by her Go...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 328Topical Questions 2026-09-08
Child trust funds were designed to give every child the same financial start, regardless of who they are. However, trust fund savings are currently taken into account when assessing an 18-year-old dis...
Universal Credit Care Leavers 2026-06-29
I thank the Minister very much for his answers, as always. In Northern Ireland, care levers are really untold heroes in the work that they do. Many of us, in all our communities, understand the delive...
Retirement Home Exit Fees
What recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of exit fees for retirement homes. A constituent unable to wind up estate since 2023 faces £15,000 service charges plus exit fees ...
Care in the Community
The centre employs dementia advisers and assessors, offers day services, but Dudley council has sought to close it by stealth. Is this a disgraceful way to act against providing quality care at home? ...
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Unpaid carers play a crucial role in supporting people who need social care but they are under immense strain and need more support, especially women and older individuals. Does the Minister recognise...
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The crisis in social care is particularly bad in my constituency on the Isle of Wight, partly because of our unique geography but also because the Government have reduced funding to our local authorit...
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We all know that social care is in crisis, with huge staff shortages, unmet needs and councils' finances being pushed to the brink, so it is disappointing that the King's Speech did not contain anythi...
Community Spaces
The charity St John's Winchester runs a brilliant community space for people with dementia; I have attended it myself and sung songs with them, including Motown. It is also one of the oldest charities...
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I have previously raised the case of the Ada Belfield care centre in Belper with my hon. Friend the Minister. At the moment, it has an uncertain future, because the Reform-led Derbyshire county counci...
Leasehold Reform Integrated Retirement Communities
Wixams retirement village in Mid Bedfordshire is a wonderful, integrated retirement community, but I understand from the sector and the industry that that business model is under threat from the Gover...