Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Lord Turnberg Excerpts

Thursday 15th April 2021 Lords Chamber

[Lord Bethell (Con)]

I am afraid that the management of public toilets is outside the reach of the department, but I will take that idea back to the department and write to the person responsible.

[Lord Turnberg (Lab) [V]]

My Lords, when I was a gastroenterologist, I knew that patients with inflammatory bowel disease did best when managed by a team made up of a gastroenterologist, surgeon and specialist nurse. Too often now, patients are denied access to such teams. In view of what the Minister has said, will this team approach be part of how we might correct this deficiency?

[Lord Bethell (Con)]

I would like to reassure the noble Lord that the scenario I described typically includes two gastroenterology consultants, a clinical intermediate fellow, a GP partner and a patient representative. It is exactly this kind of team approach that delivers the best patient outcomes, as the noble Lord rightly outlined.