Health & Social Care Committee: Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic

Dean Russell MP sat on the Health & Social Care Select Committee yesterday. Dean first asked some questions to James Wilkinson, a man who suffered three separate cancellations to his heart operation during the pandemic. He asked about James' anxiety and feelings during the ordeal and whether anything could be improved.

He then talked with Professor Neil Mortensen (President at Royal College of Surgeons), Dr Andrew Goddard (President at Royal College of Physicians), Dr Katherine Henderson (President at Royal College of Emergency Medicine) and Anita Charlesworth (Director at Research and REAL Centre, the Health Foundation) about how best to clear the backlog caused by the pandemic, and whether technology can help.

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The Health and Social Care Committee is made up of MPs from the main political parties. Dean served on the Health & Social Care Select Committee from 2nd March 2020 to 20th September 2022. It is the Committee's responsibility to scrutinise the work of the Department of Health and Soc

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