NHS: Equitable Access

Lord Hamilton of Epsom Excerpts

Thursday 5th July 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord O’Shaughnessy]

The noble Lord picks a very good example of a technology that is transforming diabetic care, as he knows. A few months ago, I was pleased to be able to approve it for prescription in the NHS; it is now available across the country where clinicians think it is the appropriate course of treatment.

[Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)]

My Lords, is my noble friend concerned that the NHS, employing 1.3 million people, is too large to manage?

[Lord O’Shaughnessy]

On the contrary. We want it only to get bigger.