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HANSARDNational Health Service: Healthcare AdviceI thank the noble Baroness for that. I would be interested to know what jokes she has heard from Alexa in her family conversations. However, patients look on well-known search…16 Jul 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: Healthcare AdviceAmazon is not sharing any of the information that it gathers from third parties. It is not selling products or making product recommendations based on health information, nor is…16 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityThe noble Baroness presents a sensitive and sophisticated point: the whole point of the obesity message is that children should be eating a healthy, balanced diet and exercising…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityI absolutely agree with my noble friend. Obesity is a crisis that will not only create misery for those who will then experience increased risk of tooth decay and of diseases such…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityThe noble Baroness is quite right to raise inequalities. This is exactly why chapter 2 of our plan is focused on childhood obesity trailblazer programmes, where we have identified…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS: AutomationThe noble Lord is right to say that technologies such as this offer the most potential to reduce repetitive work and transform how our healthcare is delivered. This is what we are…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS: AutomationMy noble friend is right. One of the key recommendations is that by automating routine analyses such as radiology, diagnoses and pathology and routinely bringing in AI to sequence…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS: AutomationThe noble Baroness is correct to say that patients and clinicians have a right to expect their data to be held securely. Since the WannaCry attack in May 2017, we have taken steps…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS: AutomationThe noble Baroness is absolutely right: this is a very exciting area of ongoing work and a key part of the grand challenges which we put in place as part of the life sciences…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS: AutomationTremendous innovations are being introduced, including in robotics and AI-based automation, particularly in diagnostics, which have the potential to transform how healthcare is…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS: AutomationMy Lords, the Topol review, published earlier this year, outlines recommendations for preparing the health and care workforce, through education and training, to adopt new…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityMy Lords, we are delivering a world-leading plan to tackle childhood obesity. Later this summer, we will set out further action through a prevention Green Paper. In addition, the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityMy noble friend is a great champion on this subject and has been an expert in it for a long period. Through the prevention Green Paper, which is due to be published this summer,…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityI thank the noble Lord for his question; I hope that we can occasionally think cleverly in government. He is absolutely right that obesity is strongly correlated with…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityThe noble Lord is quite right that the national plan must be implemented locally. Public Health England works with local authorities to do that and has set up a number of tools,…15 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityWe should all be incredibly proud of the sporting achievements over this weekend; we should not hesitate to do whatever we can to promote them throughout our schools and make the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Dentistry ServicesAs I said in my previous answer, children’s oral health is better than it has ever been. This is not to say that there is any complacency or acceptance of where we are. We…11 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Dentistry ServicesMy Lords, nationally, access to NHS dentistry remains high, with 22 million adults and 7 million children seen by a dentist in the 24 and 12-month periods ending 31 December 2018…11 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Dentistry ServicesI do not have that figure in my briefing pack, but I am very happy to write to the noble Lord to confirm or deny whether that is the case.11 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Dentistry ServicesI am very sorry to hear of my noble friend’s experience with the Mayor of Manchester. Children’s oral health is now better than it has ever been, with more than 75% of five…11 Jul 2019