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Health Bill [HL]

This has been a useful debate. I thank the Minister, in particular, for his reply. I am still unclear about two things. How will the evaluation of the pilot be able to assess the quality of the information and support that patients have received? That will not be very easy. Patients themselves will not necessarily know how good or bad their support and information have been, so that area needs thinking about. Can the Minister clarify to what extent patients will be employers with the legal responsibilities that go with employer status? He spoke briefly about that in his reply, but I want to be clear about it. In the field of social care, one of the things that has weighed heavily on certain people who have received direct payments is that they have suddenly found themselves in the position of being an employer, with PAYE, statutory sick pay and everything like that which a business has to contend with as a matter of routine but which an individual is not necessarily well prepared for. Can the Minster comment on that as it applies to healthcare delivery?