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Baroness Howarth of Breckland

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Tuesday 27th January 2015

(9 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Howarth of Breckland Portrait Baroness Howarth of Breckland (CB)
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My Lords, does the Minister accept that, until we have a system in which care and health are linked together, we will never manage to get a secure system? Does she not agree that we are in real difficulties when hospitals are blamed for not having good-quality staff, because those cost money, and yet are blamed for overspending when they do have the quality staff?

Baroness Jolly Portrait Baroness Jolly
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This Government have introduced the better care fund, which aims to produce seamless care across health and social care. There are also 150 local plans, 120 of which are fully approved. We shall watch those pilots with interest.