Lord Woodley
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Public Sector Productivity
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Lord Livermore (Lab)
I am. We are investing £10 billion in digital technologies within the NHS. We have introduced a 2% efficiency and productivity target in the NHS for each year of this Parliament. That is supported by the Government’s 10-year health plan for England, which will improve outcomes for patients and deliver better value for money for taxpayers. The noble Lord is absolutely right that digital technologies and their adoption is vital to that. As I say, that is why we have invested £10 billion in it. We are moving more healthcare into the community and we are focusing more on the prevention of illnesses.
Lord Woodley (Lab)
My Lords, in a recent pilot of private sector companies which were working a four-day week, over 90% chose to keep these arrangements because of seriously increased productivity. Does the Minister agree that this should be expanded to the public sector, as called for by the trade unions?