PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health: Disadvantaged (21 April 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the backlog of care caused by the covid-19 pandemic on health inequalities; and what steps he is taking to tackle those health inequalities.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

We are continuing to monitor and address the effect of the backlog of care caused by the pandemic on health inequalities. NHS England has committed to inclusive recovery in its ‘Implementing phase 3 of the NHS response to the COVID-19 pandemic’ published in July 2020. The National Health Service has set eight actions to reduce inequalities in its restoration of services, including reporting on providing services to the 20% poorest neighbourhoods and black and Asian patients, which are available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/C0716_Implementing-phase-3-v1.1.pdf

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
28 April 2021