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HANSARDModern Slavery RegulationsToday, I am pleased to announce that we will be continuing the Government’s goal of introducing robust regulations to ensure the eradication of modern slavery in NHS supply chains…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Health and Wellbeing Services: EssexIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Henderson—I think this is the first time I have responded to a debate while you have been in the Chair. It is a pleasure to respond to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDHereditary Tyrosinemia Type 1I would like to inform the House that I have accepted the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to introduce a new condition, tyrosinemia type 1, to the newborn blood…11 Mar 2024HANSARDEquity in Medical DevicesThe NHS is committed to upholding high standards in medical device safety. In response to emerging evidence of potential ethnic and other unfair biases in the design and use of…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBreast Cancer ScreeningI would like to inform the House that on Monday 4 March, NHS England wrote to a group of women who are at very high risk of breast cancer who have been eligible for annual MRI…05 Mar 2024HANSARDGynaecology TreatmentAt Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, the number of gynaecology patients waiting more than 52 weeks reduced by over 30% between August and December, but I sympathise with the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDGynaecology TreatmentI would say that we are sticking to our plan to back the NHS to cut waiting lists and make our NHS fairer, simpler and faster. When there is no strike action, that plan is…05 Mar 2024HANSARDGynaecology TreatmentSignificant investment is going in to reduce both general wait times and cancer wait times. More patients on the cancer pathway have been seen than ever before; nearly 220,000…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman sounds like a broken record, as usual. The Department has no evidence to suggest that EU exit is leading to sustained medicine shortages. Shortages occur for a…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for her question and her kind invite to visit her constituency. I pay tribute to all the work she has done to secure investment in Anglia Ruskin…05 Mar 2024HANSARDCommunity and District NursesWe have delivered our manifesto commitment of 50,000 more nurses six months early. There are now almost 361,000 nurses working across the NHS. As part of that, community nursing…05 Mar 2024HANSARDCommunity and District NursesRecord funding is going into our NHS. In addition to the 9% increase in community nursing since 2019, we are investing over £2.4 billion in education and training through the NHS…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman has caught me off guard—I will write to him. I am keen to continue working with him on that issue. As he knows, we have already shared draft details of the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will be aware that there have been delays with approvals by the MHRA and NICE. We are keen to ensure that those delays are reduced, and I am delighted to tell the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet my right hon. Friend to discuss the matter. We have reached pay settlements with the “Agenda for Change” unions, and we continue to reach pay deals with other…05 Mar 2024HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I start by paying tribute to the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing an important debate on an important…29 Feb 2024HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekI completely recognise the shadow Minister’s challenge on that point and the concern that she has—I will set out what we are doing to address it. She also mentioned the Royal…29 Feb 2024HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekWe are working very closely with NHS England and partners to ensure that that data is captured. We are also working with the charities involved in this sector and with others. I…29 Feb 2024HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekWe do need more information on that, and I will come to that point. The next point that I wanted to make was on an announcement that I know the hon. Lady will already be aware of,…29 Feb 2024HANSARDEngland Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024The Government have published England’s third rare diseases action plan on www.gov.uk today, on international Rare Disease Day. Rare diseases are those affecting less than 1 in…29 Feb 2024