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HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessThe hon. Lady is simply wrong. She will be aware that, in fact, our long-term workforce plan is intended to raise the number of training places for GPs to 6,000 by 2031-32. In…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessMy hon. Friend makes a fantastic point, and I say again that GPs absolutely underpin our primary care. We all absolutely rely on them, and our measures to create 36,000 additional…23 Apr 2024HANSARDGP RetentionGeneral practitioners are a rock. They are the underpinning force of primary care. I want to take the opportunity to pay tribute to them for all they do for the health of the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDGP RetentionIt is fantastic that hard-working GPs have delivered 60 million more appointments a year than in 2019. That is a credit to their efforts. The Government have undertaken a wide…23 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend was an incredibly hard-working health Minister and I pay tribute to her for all she did in this area. She will be aware that our groundbreaking drug and alcohol…23 Apr 2024HANSARDNurse Recruitment and Retention: GP PracticesWe hugely appreciate the work that general practice nurses do. I know that the hon. Lady was a nurse in her previous life, and I absolutely pay tribute to her for her service. She…23 Apr 2024HANSARDNurse Recruitment and Retention: GP PracticesThe hon. Lady raises an important point. The long-term workforce plan commits to increasing the number of general practice nurses by more than 5,000 by 2036-37. In her area, the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI assure the hon. Member that we remain firmly committed to the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid. That will help to protect around 200 babies each year from being…23 Apr 2024HANSARDGP RetentionThe hon. Lady is choosing numbers out of the air. She will be aware that there are almost 3,000 more GPs now than in 2019, and very importantly the long-term workforce plan is…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessThe hon. Gentleman raises a really important point. He may be aware that the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB received £36 million for its operational capital budget in…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessI certainly do not agree. If Labour were in government, we would see significantly worse outcomes. Covid was a once-in-100-years pandemic, and we have pulled out all the stops to…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessWe are enormously grateful for the work of GPs in delivering 64 million more appointments nationally than in 2019. Our primary care recovery plan enhances GP access by expanding…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer PatientsI hear what the hon. Lady says. My own assessment is slightly different, but I obviously respect her view. The hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mrs Hamilton) and I have…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer PatientsYes, 95% of people in Scotland receive NHS dentistry. In England, it is extremely different, and it always has been under Governments of all parties. I would just put that to hon.…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer PatientsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) on securing this really important debate on…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer PatientsYes, but I do not want to run out of time.17 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer PatientsNo. How it works is that the ICB commissions dentists to provide NHS dentistry, and the NHS contractor undertakes to fulfil a number of units of dental activity. If they do not do…17 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThe hon. Lady is aware that there is already very restrictive advertising for smoking and vaping. We are very concerned that some advertising is breaching advertising standards…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI want to start by thanking the many lung cancer and asthma charities, particularly ASH, for their advice, research and support. I personally pay tribute to the chief medical…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes such a powerful point and speaks with such authority. Similar points were made by my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North…16 Apr 2024