Health and Social Care Leadership Review Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care Leadership Review

John Stevenson Excerpts
Wednesday 8th June 2022

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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When it comes to ambulance services, an important part of the NHS, this review is just as important. We all want to see good leadership in ambulance services, but if we get better leadership across the board we will see better collaboration and co-ordination—something heavily referred to in the report.

John Stevenson Portrait John Stevenson (Carlisle) (Con)
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I welcome this statement; leadership is vital and it is something we do not talk enough about in this country, whether in the private or public sector. My right hon. Friend referred to recommendation 6 on non-executive directors. Does he agree that we need to attract a more diverse set of non-executive directors, with regard to their skillset as much as anything else?