Member

I hope that my noble friend Lady Lister can give us the breathing space to try to deal with this issue. She may be unhappy, and I accept that, but I hope she can give us breathing space. The amendment from the noble Lord, Lord German, is helpful, but we are trying to deal with this, and I would not wish to start a rush to Nightingale centres when we can continue our good work to reduce that backlog. For both those reasons, I urge my noble friend to withdraw her amendment.