Sajid Javid goes on ‘road to recovery’ tour

Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid is taking to the road in England this week to engage those most integral to his reform and recovery agenda.

Javid’s road trip will start in the East of England and see him visit health and care settings to hear from staff and inform future policy, focusing on Covid-19 recovery and NHS and social care reform, as well as “tackling disparities and levelling up the health of the nation”. He will call at hospitals, care homes, community diagnostic centres, vaccination centres, cancer centres and research facilities, meeting with urgent response teams to hear first-hand the life-saving treatments being delivered and seeing the tech being used.

Each day he will host Q&A sessions with members of the public to listen to and better understand their experiences of the NHS, public health, and social care services.

“As we learn to live with COVID, my mission is clear,” said Javid. “We must tackle the backlog of people waiting for treatment, bring NHS and social care services closer together and deal with the stark inequalities and level up the health of the nation.

“Nurses, doctors, GPs, vaccinators, porters and so many others have put everything on the line to care for patients and families throughout this pandemic, and that’s why I wanted to thank them personally. This week I want to hear directly from staff, patients, residents and local people about their experiences of the health and care systems and discuss my plans for NHS and social care recovery and reform.”

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