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Written question asked by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 January 2024. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 February 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Carers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing carers' permits to support carers to (a) keep in contact with and (b) accompany patients in care settings.

Answer

In order to strengthen the requirements around visiting and accompanying in a range of health and care settings, we recently introduced legislation to make visiting and accompanying a Care Quality Commission fundamental standard of care. Settings will be inspected against this standard, which will come into force on 6 April 2024.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11404
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Carers
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk