Health and Social Care Update

Steve Double Excerpts

Thursday 22nd September 2022 Commons Chamber

[Dr Coffey]

We are still considering all the proposals—the different business cases—that are coming through, and we will respond in due course.

[Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) (Con)]

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. The NHS in Cornwall faces a unique set of circumstances, because we are a rural peninsula with an ageing population. However, the impact of tourism also means that, in terms of pressure on the NHS, it is always winter in Cornwall. Does the Secretary of State recognise the unique challenges we face in Cornwall? Will she or one of her Ministers meet me and other Cornish MPs at the earliest opportunity to discuss what support we can give the NHS, not just to get through this winter but to get ahead of the summer season next year?

[Dr Coffey]

My right hon. Friend the Minister of State, who has responsibility for secondary care, will be visiting Cornwall to meet the ambulance trust—indeed, he will be meeting trusts more broadly.