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Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 June 2025

Debate

NHS and Social Care: Joint Working

Contribution

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her previous very positive answers, but one of the biggest barriers to working together is different terms and conditions for care and health workers: in particular, the lack of pay for care workers who have to go between different visits in rural areas and have significant dead time. If we are really to move this forward, should we not put pressure on councils to ensure that the contracts they let allow for the time travelling between people who are being cared for?

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