Health and Social Care Leadership Review

Debate between Sajid Javid and John Baron

Wednesday 8th June 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)]

As a former chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cancer for 10 years, I welcome this review. However, I put it to my right hon. Friend that at least part of the problem with waiting times and lists is the fact that only around half of all NHS staff are clinically trained. There is an imbalance there. Following my amendment during the passage of the Health and Care Act 2022, which he accepted, I suggest that one thing that could really help would be to get the NHS to focus more on outcomes such as one-year cancer survival rates, as a means of encouraging earlier diagnosis, and less on processes, which are very management-heavy.

[Sajid Javid]

Yes, I agree with my hon. Friend.