Hospitals: Patient Safety Debate

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Hospitals: Patient Safety

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UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Thursday 21st May 2020

(3 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell
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My Lords, there was some interruption in hearing my noble friend’s question but, if I understood him correctly, the answer is that all patients are now tested on entry to hospital. Until their test result has arrived, they are treated as though they have Covid-19 and isolated wherever possible.

Baroness Barker Portrait Baroness Barker (LD)
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How will the Government enable hospitals to work on a regional basis, co-operatively, to optimise the use of surgical and radiological resources?

Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell
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I am afraid that at the moment, I cannot give a precise and thorough answer to the perceptive and very detailed question asked by the noble Baroness, but I will be glad to.

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