"My hon. Friend is absolutely right about patients spending too long in acute care in his own hospital. We know this is affecting other people around the country. I am very happy to meet him and I would very much like to visit his hospital and speak to his NHS, …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"The hon. Member raises Tony’s individual case, which is very hard to hear about. She and I know there are too many others in this situation. She will know, too, that I listened to this when I was formerly a Health Minister. It is a difficult problem to solve, but …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"I am sure the hon. Member heard the answer I gave a moment ago to a similar question. I absolutely acknowledge the challenge of discharges. The challenge is nothing new, but it has indeed worsened, in part due to the availability of social care. That is one reason why the …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"I have shared my hon. Friend’s concern about this issue in the past, and I know he has taken a long-term interest in it. We must ensure that people living with dementia are prescribed anti-psychotic medication only when it is clinically appropriate., and NHS England is actively monitoring the position. …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"Care workers should be properly paid for what they do, the skills they bring and the compassion they bring to their work. That includes being paid at least the national living wage, which was increased by 6.6% in April. I am also increasing the Care Quality Commission’s oversight of local …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"Sadly, cancer takes far too many people before their time, and the Government are determined to improve cancer outcomes in the short term and the long term. I am very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss this further...." Helen Whately - View Speech
"I know that my hon. Friend has a real understanding of this particular challenge. In March 2022, NHS England launched an aortic dissection toolkit to support the implementation of robust clinical pathways to identify and manage type A and type B aortic dissection, and English regions are working with the …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"I am very happy to commend the work of the Stroke Association, and I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this further...." Helen Whately - View Speech
That the Committee has considered the draft Adult Social Care Information (Enforcement) Regulations 2022.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. The draft regulations allow the Secretary of State to impose a financial penalty on adult social care providers that fail to …..." Helen Whately - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish for his welcome and his comments about this legislation; I am glad to hear that he considers it sensible and that the Opposition will not oppose it. I agree that it was striking that there was not a comprehensive dataset before …..." Helen Whately - View Speech