Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gillian Keegan and Alex Norris

Tuesday 18th January 2022 Commons Chamber

[Gillian Keegan]

I assure my hon. Friend that this is something we take very seriously and we meet every day to discuss this issue. We are conscious of the pressures caused by omicron, and of the herculean challenges faced by health and social care providers to discharge people in a safe and timely way, particularly with outbreaks and having to manage infection prevention and control. That includes the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which declared a national incident on 28 December at its Gloucestershire site. But it responded brilliantly and stood down the incident nine days later. As the Secretary of State said, we have also established a national discharge taskforce, which is driving progress to bring a renewed focus on reducing discharge delays, including in Gloucestershire, and working with local government and the NHS.

[Alex Norris (Nottingham North) (Lab/Co-op)]

14. What recent assessment he has made of cancer outcomes.