Baroness Janke (LD)

I thank the Minister for her remarks and her explanation. She is obviously very committed to her plan. I think it is fair to say from what we heard during the debate, which had strong contributions from both professional and patient experience, that people in this Chamber are not convinced and that there is a lot of work to be done to convince people that the plan is going to succeed—not least the people who are working in it. I draw the attention of the Minister to the morale and the sense of crisis that there is in many communities. On my point about local pharmacies, there is a crisis, and if we are not careful there will be none left to help to deliver the plan, and I am sure the situation is similar in other parts of primary care. So, while I recognise that the Minister has tried to be helpful, I think there is still a lot of work to be done and I—and, I know, others in this Chamber—will be pursuing the plan, in the hope that we will see it succeed in the future. It will need a lot of commitment and, as we have said, a lot of resource focused on primary care in communities and making sure that that focus is kept and that we remain committed to it. Motion agreed.