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HANSARD 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 UpdateWe are still considering all the proposals—the different business cases—that are coming through, and we will respond in due course.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 thank my hon. Friend. The Prime Minister has said at the Dispatch Box that we will proceed with the cancer plan. I will, of course, be looking carefully at the other plans with…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 the hon. Gentleman for his welcome. I think that one of the benefits of the United Kingdom is our ability to learn from each other, even with a devolved NHS. For example,…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 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 UpdateNo.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateOf course we will.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI appreciate the requests from my hon. Friend, and it is important that we get through this. It will be done on a local level. I cannot specifically say when that will be…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI am sure that the Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Care, my right hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) would be happy to have a meeting on this…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateThe Prime Minister set out during the summer that she intends to make sure that there are mental health practitioners available in local GP practices and in schools.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateMy right hon. Friend the Minister of State, who has responsibility for secondary care, will be visiting Cornwall to meet the ambulance trust—indeed, he will be meeting trusts more…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI am sad and concerned to hear about the case the hon. Gentleman has just mentioned—it is unacceptable. However, I have already set out to the House aspects of how to improve…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but I trust doctors to have that relationship with their patients directly, rather than my prescribing or mandating a particular approach.…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 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenThank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing Ministers to participate in this debate. I really appreciate it, and I know that my constituents from Suffolk Coastal will, too. Her late…10 Sept 2022