<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:42 pm on 25 January 2017.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:42, 25 January 2017

Yes, I absolutely agree that social care has a role to play in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and ensuring that people can have a step-down service to return home as quickly as possible. We know that staying in hospital for too long is obviously bad for the individual in terms of their health and their well-being, which is exactly what the intermediate care fund is doing in terms of providing those step-up and step-down services. We’re able, as I say, to demonstrate the number of nights saved to the NHS, but behind every night saved to the NHS, obviously, is a story of an individual whose care has been improved as a result of it.