Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee

Recommendation 11

Ninth report - Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic Published 6 Jan 2022 Paragraph 67 Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
Recommendation (the committee's words)
Lastly, we heard that patient involvement in services was important to tackle long covid. It should also be taking place in other areas. We have previously called for the Care Quality Commission’s assessments of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to include consultation with patient groups and patient outcomes, and we continue to believe in the importance of this.

From: Health and Social Care Committee, Ninth report - Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic (HC 599), paragraph 67, 6 January 2022

Government response

The government responded to the whole report on 25 May 2022 (deadline 6 March 2022).

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's report on clearing the pandemic backlog sets out how it is working with its arm's length bodies to help the NHS clear the elective care waiting list.

  • The response is to the Committee's ninth report of session 2021-22, 'Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic'.
  • It was published by the Department of Health and Social Care on 12 May 2022, with an accessible HTML version added on 17 May 2022.
  • The page summary does not state which recommendations the government accepts or disagrees with, or give specific commitments or dates. Readers should consult the full 34-page response for these.

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