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Lord Warner

The NHS needs more than a workforce plan
Health
By Lord Warner
The NHS needs more than a workforce plan
It is good that the NHS finally has a long-term workforce plan, even if it’s nearly a decade late. But it will take more than this for the NHS to escape the quagmire it’s in.
Tackling the NHS waiting list backlog will mean taking tough – and unpopular – decisions
Health
By Lord Warner
Tackling the NHS waiting list backlog will mean taking tough – and unpopular – decisions
A National Audit Office (NAO) report published in December 2021 found nearly six million people in England on waiting lists for elective care. Of these, 300,000 of them had been waiting for more than a year; and about a quarter of patients with an urgent GP referral for cancer were waiting two months or more to start treatment.
Peers can unite around our Brexit public health amendment
Brexit
By Lord Warner
Peers can unite around our Brexit public health amendment

The duty to ‘Do No Harm’ will set the standard by which freedom to trade versus public health is balanced after we leave the EU, argues Lord Warner