Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:38 pm on 7th September 2022.
My Lords, could I ask the Minister to read and circulate an article from Saturday’s Guardian by Merope Mills, a devastating account of the preventable death of the journalist’s 14 year-old daughter, Martha? Would the Minister note that Ms Mills, an erstwhile, uncritical NHS cheerleader, stressed that this
“had nothing to do with insufficient resources or overstretched doctors and nurses … austerity or cuts, or a health service under strain”?
Can the Government recognise that this crisis goes far deeper than simply listing numbers, money or technical solutions?