Talking about assets, do we not also need to sweat the assets that are in the community? In Scotland, we have had community pharmacies with minor ailment services since 2005, and we now have the same for optometrists, to the point that only a tiny percentage of people ever need to go to A&E if they have an eye injury, a red eye or another problem.
Health and Social Care
Proceeding contribution from
Philippa Whitford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 January 2020.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Health and Social Care.
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