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Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 January 2025

Debate

Health and Social Care: Winter Update

Contribution

My Lords, I declare my interests as an NHSE board member and a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. I absolutely acknowledge that the Health Secretary and the team, including the Minister, are trying to resolve many of these problems. However, I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Laming, that we need something much more quickly than the long-term plan. Can serious consideration be given to funding four or six weeks of care as soon as people leave hospital, whether or not there is a legal entitlement to that cost, to get the one in seven people currently lingering in hospital beds out into better facilities so that they can be supported by their families and friends? Also, the criticism of the advertisements for corridor nurses is absolutely incorrect; we need a higher percentage of nurses in A&E and surrounding departments if they have a much higher number of patients than they were originally established for.

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