Meeting of the Parliament 25 March 2026 [Draft]
There are a number of points on which I am in agreement with Brian Whittle. The first is in relation to his tribute to our NHS and social care staff for the incredible work that they do. I have been fortunate enough to work with them, and to be cared for by them as an unexpected secret shopper last week. I have seen at first hand the world-class care that they provide—it is exemplary.
I also agree that we need to see change in the system. We have published three documents in order to move that forward: the operational improvement plan, which I have been speaking about, the population health framework and the service renewal framework. I have engaged with Mr Whittle on all of those. There is a rather larger consensus on some of the steps within those documents than might be portrayed in the election campaign that we are about to embark on.