NHS Long-Term Plan

Marsha De Cordova Excerpts

Monday 18th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

We will set up a single, central procurement system so that every hospital in the NHS can benefit from the efficiencies gained from bulk buying, but we have to do that in a way that does not shut out smaller companies from bidding for NHS contracts.

[Marsha De Cordova (Battersea) (Lab)]

The Government’s new NHS funding includes no additional funding for social care. The Secretary of State has said that the Government will publish a social care Green Paper in the autumn. Will he confirm—yes or no—whether the Green Paper will include social care funding for working-age disabled adults?

[Mr Hunt]

We will consider the provision for working-age disabled adults as part of our review of the whole social care system, because that is extremely important.

[Marsha De Cordova]

Will it be in the Green Paper?

[Mr Hunt]

We are doing that work in parallel to the Green Paper, but the hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight it.