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Recommendation 24
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We asked about other key enablers of a successful recovery of elective and cancer care.
Conclusion
We asked about other key enablers of a successful recovery of elective and cancer care. NHSE told us about the particular negative impact of delayed discharges into adult social care, which had reduced its effective inpatient capacity.48 The Department confirmed that the additional funding for adult social care announced in the Autumn Statement would be used to help improve “the flow through from hospital to care.”49 The Autumn Statement 2022 committed to “an additional £1 billion of central government funding in England in 2023–24, increasing to £1.7 billion in 2024–25, to get people out of hospital on time and into social care.”50 47 Qq 106, 108 48 Q77 49 Q111 50 Autumn Statement 2022, para 5.61 Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England 15
Government Response
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