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HANSARDHealth and Care BillI rise to speak to amendment 73, which would introduce safeguards around the discharge-to-assess process. The discharge-to-assess process may have been a necessary element of the…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care Billrose —22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care Billrose—22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care Billrose —22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillOn the point the Minister is making about the Dilnot proposals and a comparison, let me tell him that the Alzheimer’s Society said that 15% of people with dementia in the…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillWill the Minister give way?22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillThe proposal is grossly unfair. I gave the example earlier that in our region, 15% of people with dementia will reach the cap, whereas 34% would have under the Dilnot proposals.…22 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) on securing this debate. I…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe booster programme is critical to ensuring that those who are most vulnerable are protected this winter, and to driving down covid infection rates. In Salford, however,…15 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsUnless there are pay increases for care staff, the small dribbles in amounts of training, and bits of this and bits of that, will not deal with this serious crisis. There are…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsYou would not know from the Budget that our health and care system is in crisis, made worse by the fact that we are still in the middle of a pandemic that claimed 1,097 lives last…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI detect a hint of complacency on funding for social care. The Secretary of State mentioned £500 million to go towards workforce issues. That is nothing; it is a drop in the ocean…02 Nov 2021HANSARDEndometriosis and Polycystic Ovary SyndromeThe Minister has not yet covered the serious point I made earlier about the backlog in gynaecology. Some 80% of women who are confirmed or suspected to have endometriosis have had…01 Nov 2021HANSARDEndometriosis and Polycystic Ovary SyndromeIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate with you in the Chair, Mr Mundell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi) for the way she opened this…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPeople with Learning Disabilities and AutismThe Government have not responded to the report of the Health and Social Care Committee on the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities and that response…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTributes to Sir David AmessI join the tributes to the hon. Member for Southend West, who was a kind and generous colleague and a committed and conscientious constituency MP. Just how conscientious he was…18 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOn the vaccine roll-out, I would like to ask for the prioritisation of two groups. First, can unpaid carers be prioritised for boosters in the autumn? The JCVI has not put them on…22 Jul 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateAlthough it is welcome that the Government have launched their new autism strategy, they will need to do more than that to ensure that the 2,000 autistic people and people with…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI pay tribute to everyone working in health and social care and to unpaid family carers. All of them have gone above and beyond in their caring roles during the pandemic. The…14 Jul 2021HANSARDMotor Neurone Disease (Research)I thank the Petitions Committee for arranging a debate on this important topic. We have seen during this pandemic the transformative impact that medical research can have. Whether…12 Jul 2021