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HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanMy noble friend raises a hugely important issue. We are seeing an improvement in the quality of training for GPs; the RCGP has been playing an important role in this, especially…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthMy Lords, the NHS has worked closely with the Taskforce for Lung Health and the British Lung Foundation to develop a national programme for respiratory and cardiovascular disease.…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthI thank the noble Lord for that question. He is absolutely right that respiratory illness can be extremely serious. The UK has a higher rate of respiratory deaths than any other…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthThe noble Earl is absolutely right. Prevention is a core part of the plan and as well as smoking, the clean air strategy and flu vaccinations, health visitors are a crucial part…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthMy noble friend is right that poor air quality is one of the largest environmental risks to public health in the UK. That is exactly why we brought forward the air quality…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI thank my noble friend for a very important question. We have just published our new plan to tackle antibiotic resistance; it is an incredibly sophisticated proposal. We have…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanAs ever, the right reverend Prelate is insightful in his question. He is right that although we have made a lot of progress in improving services, we were coming from a low base.…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Baroness has communicated an important message and it is one reason why we have prioritised perinatal mental healthcare. Specifically, services for young girls, who are…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Baroness, Lady Masham, is right to raise the importance of this. If we want to get innovative technologies and treatments to patients as soon as possible, we must ensure…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthThe noble Lord is right to praise the success that we have had in smoking cessation in this country. We now have the lowest rates of smoking that we have ever had, some of which…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthThe noble Baroness is quite right: COPD is the second most common lung disease in the UK. It is disturbing that around a third of people, in their first hospital admission for…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthThe right reverend Prelate raises an extremely important point on air health. While we have long-term commitments in the clean air strategy, and the other measures that have been…01 Jul 2019HANSARDLung HealthThe noble Lord has raised a crucial point, which is not a surprise given his expertise in this area. We have been working with him and others to ensure that the most innovative…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanMy Lords, with permission, I will now read a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the other place on the…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI thank the noble Baronesses for their contributions. I think the most helpful thing would be for me to talk a little about the next steps in the development of the local plans,…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Baroness, as ever, asks a very perspicacious question. She will know that as part of the GP contract negotiations, pensions and other issues were raised, and are still…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanIt is very important to pay tribute to the extraordinary work that NHS staff are doing across the system and in the wider healthcare system—we should thank them for that. The…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI thank my noble friend for his question. The core of the work my noble friend Lady Harding is doing is to analyse recruitment and retention patterns in the health service,…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanThe noble Lord raises two hugely significant issues, which probably deserve a full debate. On clinicians and NHS systems being prepared to respond most effectively to those facing…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-term PlanI thank the noble Lord and he is absolutely right, which is exactly why one of the core priorities in the long-term plan is the creation of integrated care systems, so that there…01 Jul 2019