At the same time as tackling COVID-19, the NHS and social care are playing a crucial role in continuing to deliver other essential, life-saving health and care services, including cancer diagnosis and treatment, maternity care and mental health services, amongst many others.
Over the coming weeks, the Health and Social Care Committee will be holding an ongoing inquiry into the planning and delivery of other essential NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond. As we move beyond the peak of the pandemic, the NHS and care sectors will face a new set of strategic challenges. The aim of our inquiry is to give focus to these upcoming strategic challenges, and give those working in the NHS and care sectors an opportunity to set out what help they will need from Government in meeting them. The inquiry will consider the current situation but also take a forward look over the next six months.