Lisa Smart

Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove

Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 March 2026

Debate

NHS Capital Spending

Contribution

My hon. Friend is starting to make a compelling point. In my local area, Stepping Hill hospital has a reported repairs backlog of £138 million. That means, in practice, that only four of the 14 lifts are working, staff are having to physically take meals upstairs to patients, and family members with a mobility issue cannot visit their relatives on higher floors. Does he agree that, while we are talking about bricks and mortar, we are also talking about people and their quality of life?

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