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HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateThat will work depending on local areas. I am conscious that, as Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Gentleman takes a broadbrush approach, but I think it is important that we…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateMy right hon. Friend is right to consider the issue on a broader scale, but of course, we will be focusing on that with the local NHS. There are certainly some parts of the…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateThat will vary according to the provision that has been in place. I am sure the right hon. Lady will want to be careful and considerate in how she addresses the local NHS in order…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI assure my hon. Friend that she will be hearing from the local NHS in order to make those functions happen.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateNo.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank my hon. Friend and appreciate her warm welcome. The House will be aware that, in effect, GPs and, indeed, dentists are private and independent practitioners. This is…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his warm welcome and I will, of course, miss our interaction on DWP issues. As I said to my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI set out in the plan today what we are seeking to do with dentists. First of all, it is the role of the local NHS—the ICB—to take responsibility for such provision, and I expect…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateAs the hon. Lady will know, people access care, or work in the care industry, in different ways. That is why I am keen to continue the national recruitment programme, working with…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend, and I agree with her that access to GPs is important. At present, we only publish data at the local NHS level—the integrated care board level—which…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI am pleased today to set out to Parliament our plan for patients. As the Prime Minister said on the doorstep of Downing Street, she had three clear priorities: growing the…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman for his warm welcome to my ministerial team and me. It has been just two weeks—[Hon. Members: “Twelve years!”] Forgive me. Well, in those12 years there…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI understand why my right hon. Friend makes that point, recognising that many other countries in Europe take that approach. However, that is not the approach we are going to take…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateIt is great to see my hon. Friend; our constituencies cross the River Deben. I will look into that matter for him and respond to him.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateIt is a choice for GPs whether they work part time or full time. I am conscious that some of the different things we are doing, including on pension flexibilities, should help, as…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateWe are getting more clinicians—doctors and nurses—into the NHS, and I have already shared with the House the approach on care.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI am conscious that there is London weighting, but it is up to the local NHS, including NHS trusts, to make decisions about how they reward people and encourage them to work in…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank my hon. Friend, including for the work he undertook as a Minister in the Department of Health and Social Care. I am conscious of the importance of that care and would be…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank my hon. Friend. Yes, I will ask one of my Ministers to look into that issue.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateMy hon. Friend is right. In his constituency —in Lowestoft in particular—there has been increasing provision. Meanwhile, in Leiston, not a single dental practice will take up the…22 Sept 2022