NHS England Update Debate
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Lord Turnberg
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Baroness Merron (Lab)
It will not affect commitments to women’s health. As we have said, women’s health remains a priority. The noble Baroness will know that there are some 600,000 women already on the gynaecology waiting list; that is far too long for women to wait. Women’s health hubs are part of the solution, and I continue to champion those with the integrated care boards.
Lord Turnberg (Lab)
My Lords, I am delighted to support the direction of travel towards patients first. I wonder if there are savings to be made. We can concentrate on the gap in social care, where I suspect much of the NHS is so interdependent. Social care is so badly funded, and we need to do something there.
Baroness Merron (Lab)
As we discussed earlier, the provision of social care and housing has a huge impact on quality of life and discharge from hospital. As my noble friend will be aware, the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, will be commencing her look into social care, to report to us all on the immediate and long-term changes that are needed and to build cross-party consensus.