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HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsThis is the whole point and the way that we are moving; the real decision-makers running their local areas should be the ICBs. They know their areas and the needs of the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsIt is, as the noble Lord says, a statutory requirement that the local authorities are represented on the ICBs. In the last few months, I and other Ministers have met and had…11 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsAbsolutely. It strikes me—again, I mentioned this yesterday—that less than 10% of the 13,000 so-called blocked beds contain people who will need to be in social care full-time in…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their comments. As I mentioned in answering the previous Question, this is a reflection, from our part, of trying to understand the situation. We…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresObviously, prior to this, we were in touch with the adult social care sector to make sure that there was that capacity within the system for it. We have been assured that the…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresI have said before in this Chamber —and I will say it again—that we should be learning all lessons. I like to think that, three months into my role, I am learning some of those…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesI thank the noble Baroness. We have spoken before about this in the House. I agree with the general point that family carers, probably more than anyone, have great knowledge to…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresI agree that we need a whole-system approach. Workforce is a key part of that, including the adult social care workforce. Again, as all noble Lords did, I welcome the advent of…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresAs with my answer to the previous question, I look forward to that meeting and learning everything we can. I will repeat the statistics on that subject that struck me most: of…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesAgain, I spoke further to Sir Chris Whitty exactly on this. He writes an annual report on this. We will be doing so in the same way and looking at all the factors.10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesI will happily provide the detail on that. We all know about the 62-day challenge. That has been the focus of Ministers ensuring that we are bearing down on that number, so that…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesMy noble friend makes a challenging point. This will be a subject of the inquiry, on which I look forward to hearing more.10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresI welcome what I hope, over the past few days, has been better mood music—let me put it that way—in this space. I hope from the different things that we see that we will get…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesMy Lords, while the detailed assessment is not yet available, it is likely that a combination of factors has contributed to an increase in the number of deaths at home, including…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesI thank the noble Baroness. This is an important question, and I had the opportunity to speak to Sir Chris Whitty on this very subject this morning. The statistics show that, over…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesI totally agree with my noble friend. We all know that it was an unprecedented time, and we learned lessons all the way through: we were much more resistant to locking down as…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesIt is a whole-system issue, as I have often mentioned in this House, that takes into account some of the elements of home care, and very much the social care and dom care…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesThis whole area is all about the number of beds and the occupancy. This analysis was done around the October plan for patients, where we said that we were going to put in 7,000…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesI am definitely seized with the urgency. I was able to speak to Sir Chris Whitty about a number of those, including last summer. The heatwave was a factor then: we had over 2,500…10 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesMy noble friend makes a good point that prevention is a key part of this agenda, as is the role that we all take in our individual health and well-being. Obesity is included as a…10 Jan 2023