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Andrew Stephenson
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The Minister of State, Department of Health (Norman Lamb)
Throughout this Parliament we have ensured that extra funding has gone into social care to recognise the fact that council budgets have been under strain. The point that I made earlier—that there has been a 50,000 reduction in delayed discharges to social care—demonstrates just how well they are doing under significant pressure.
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
T9. What progress have the Government made in driving up standards and transparency in hospitals, social care and general practice?
Norman Lamb
The Government’s response to the Francis report demonstrated that openness and transparency are critical. As a result of the steps that we have proposed, this will be the most open health system anywhere in the world. That is something we should be very proud of.