Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:27 pm on 18th July 2022.
The hon. Lady brings great practical insight on these issues from her profession as a nurse. The point she raises, as did my right hon. Friend Jeremy Hunt, is absolutely right—delayed discharge has long been a key issue. That is why we have made the tough decisions we have on national insurance and why we brought forward the changes on integrated care boards. It is an area of common ground across the House that we need to work better to address delayed discharge, which blocks the pipe and, in turn, delays ambulance handovers and causes problems at an earlier stage. It is a key issue. I have set out a number of practical measures that we are taking, and further work is ongoing.