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Written question asked by Rachael Maskell (Labour) on Friday, 3 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 March 2023 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 8 March 2023. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Friday, 10 March 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Patients: Digital Technology

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of using digital technology to help patients stay safe in their homes; and if he provide funding for the provision of that digital technology.

Answer

People at the Heart of Care, the Government’s white paper on social care reform, committed to launch a scheme to use promising care technologies to help people live independently in their own homes for longer.

The Department is working with all 42 integrated care systems (ICSs) across the country, to support the adoption of technology for social care. To date, 13 ICSs are trialling technologies to support people to remain independent in their own homes, and this support will be scaled further across the country next financial year.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
157667
Session
2022-23
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Link
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