Health and Social Care Update

Debate between Helen Whately and Thérèse Coffey

Thursday 22nd September 2022 Commons Chamber

[Dr Coffey]

Of course we will.

[Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (Con)]

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly her focus on access to GPs and on tackling ambulance waits, and her recognition of the importance of social care, including with the £500 million discharge fund. Will she also assure me that she will be taking forward our reforms to social care, not only the cap on social care costs, but increasing the scrutiny of care locally, to drive up quality and make sure that care workers are paid fairly?

[Dr Coffey]

I appreciate the requests from my hon. Friend, and it is important that we get through this. It will be done on a local level. I cannot specifically say when that will be confirmed, but I know that in Kent, in particular, there is a lot of work still to be done.