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HANSARD Leighton Hospital RebuildIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) on securing this important debate on the…28 Feb 2024HANSARD North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustI hope the hon. Gentleman recognises that there are local government arrangements, and also that these are very much operational matters for NHS England and for the region.…27 Feb 2024HANSARD North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustThey have been doing it for many years. There are shared challenges in the area that they need to work on together, and this model of operation has worked in many parts of the…27 Feb 2024HANSARD North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. I recognise that they are two trusts with very different characteristics. He is right about the eye-watering legacy in one trust—I…27 Feb 2024HANSARD North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Charles. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) on securing this important debate. He has used it to…27 Feb 2024HANSARD North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustI hope the hon. Gentleman will appreciate that the NHS commissions a large number of reports on a whole range of services. When those reports are published internally, we expect…27 Feb 2024HANSARD North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustUnfortunately, I will just reiterate the point that a summary of the recommendations emerging from this investigation were published; they were shared with the board. They are…27 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Property ServicesI congratulate the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Richard Foord) on securing the debate. I am grateful for the opportunity to set out the role of NHS Property Services.…23 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Property ServicesI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s concern. I hope to provide reassurance in the latter part of my speech that the sale of Seaton Community Hospital is certainly not on the cards…23 Feb 2024HANSARDCorrection to Written Parliamentary QuestionsI wish to draw the attention of the House to data errors in the Government response to two parliamentary questions—numbers 332 and 12694—tabled by the hon. Member for Ilford North…23 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Property ServicesI know the idea of demolition has been floated in a meeting, but I have been assured that there are certainly no plans for demolition. As the hon. Gentleman will know, an asset of…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Physician AssociatesI feel that I am being criticised from both angles on this point. Some people are saying we are going too fast, and other people are saying we are going far too slow. A number of…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Physician AssociatesIn many ways, it will be the same as with many medical professionals. Once we have the situation clarified in regulation, it will not be any different from the personal liability…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Physician AssociatesMy hon. Friend makes a valid point, and that is one reason why regulation is so important. The GMC has assured me that although draft regulations are out there, it will be…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Physician AssociatesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Dr Poulter) on securing this debate. He spoke knowledgeably, both as a serving NHS medic and as a…07 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceWith World Cancer Day this week, I want to take this opportunity to affirm to the House this Government’s commitment to delivering the best cancer services for everyone across…06 Feb 2024HANSARDHealth and Social CareThere are around 1,400 medicines licensed in the UK, most of which are in good supply. [Official Report, 30 January 2024, Vol. 744, c. 280WH.] Letter of correction from the…01 Feb 2024HANSARDHealth and Social CareThere are around 14,000 medicines licensed in the UK, most of which are in good supply.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Type 2 Diabetes: Availability of DrugsThe hon. Member makes an important and powerful point, as usual. As he knows, I am a proud Unionist and am keen for us to do as much as we can in collaboration. I recognise that…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Type 2 Diabetes: Availability of DrugsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. I thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) for raising such an important issue. I want to begin by…30 Jan 2024