Speeches by Coleman.

“What would you like to test that might get a better result?”

“We talked about the American system and the way things are funded here. On the incentives, you talked about the use of block contracts not being appropriate. Will you explain how the way we pay for care at the moment makes corridor care more, rather than less, likely?”

“We know there is a problem.”

“So you do have places that you know of; you would just rather not name them.”

“Are you aware of any individual organisations?”

“I would like you to give us examples of where it is happening well. I can give you one: we had a very interesting corridor care meeting the other day, and I was talking to the Walsall Healthcare NHS trust, which is doing things like virtual wards led by specialist consultants, a discharge lounge, with pharmacists there…”

“If they are the lifeblood, why would hospitals be taking the decision to place new staff elsewhere?”

“Professor Ranger, does that ring true from a nursing point of view? Does corridor care feel like a staffing-level problem, or are staff having to plug gaps elsewhere—other problems in the system?”

“On staffing, just increasing consultant numbers is not the solution.”

“Thank you; you have been very clear. Dr Higginson, can I ask about staffing, because I struggle with that? We talk a lot about staffing, just in numbers. You have said, in terms, “We’ve put more senior doctors into the system, but corridor care hasn’t eased.” Where do you think the extra capacity that you put in has ac…”

“As a former management consultant, I have used the word “opportunities” a lot. When I say there is an opportunity to do something, it means it should be done. Is that what you are saying?”

“You are all making a lot of very helpful statements, but it would be really interesting for us to understand, when you say, “These things should happen”, whether they are happening. When you say that something should happen, tell us how much it is happening and what could be done to make it happen if it is not.”

“So you are saying we are not engaging sufficiently with patients at the moment?”

“How do we put them at the centre? You have said that several times, but the question I think we are all very interested in is: how?”

“Are you saying it is not at the centre at the moment?”

“Dr Benneyworth, if you agree with that, what role does the Government then play in ensuring that the system does the sort of thing that Dr Higginson described?”

“Can the Minister confirm that the MSF will include targeted support for children who require palliative care?”

“I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) for calling this vital debate. As the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) did, I will talk about children, and I would like to start with Amy. Amy had Cockayne syndrome, which is a severe, fatal, multi-organ genetic …”

“This plan is to be welcomed. It rightly recognises that families of children with SEND are absolutely exhausted from having to fight and battle for the support they need. I therefore strongly welcome the commitment to end that and to give over 1 million children, for the first time, legally enforceable rights through t…”

“18. What steps she is taking to improve SEND provision in schools.”