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HANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIMy Lords, we are committed to looking for opportunities to implement AI in cancer services, investing £113 million in the AI in health and care award. As AI in screening is still…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIYes, I agree with the noble Lord. While we are ambitious about the benefits of AI and wish to embrace them, we are equally clear that safety, fairness and public trust have to…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIThat is why we are publishing the workforce plan fairly soon, why we are building our cancer workforce and why we are creating new opportunities across multidisciplinary teams.…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AII wish the noble Lord well as he deals with the diagnosis. I am sure that many would associate with his kind comments about the NHS care he has received. I very much agree that…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIPerhaps I can clarify that the TRANSFORM trial is not exclusive to a particular group. We are looking at people who have susceptibility to prostate cancer because they carry the…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AII am so grateful to the noble Baroness, because I do not. However, I am aware of the great contribution being made to cancer detection, and the department is looking closely at…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIWe always take into full account my noble friend’s very important point. She referred to the TRANSFORM trial, which will enable all eligible Black men to be invited to stage 2 of…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIYes, I can give that commitment.18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIAs I said, your Lordships’ House will not be waiting too long for the workforce plan, but I certainly recognise the noble Lord’s points. He describes the transformed service set…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDSevere Myalgic EncephalomyelitisMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for securing this important debate, which matters so much to so many, and for her clear introduction to these…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDSevere Myalgic EncephalomyelitisI would be pleased to take those two points away and look at them, particularly the second, which is a very practical suggestion. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, as ever, and…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsMy Lords, integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning health services to meet local need. We do not intend to mandate a statutory minimum ring-fence for…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsThe noble Lord raises a good point about data. Indeed, one of the pieces of work we are doing with ICBs on how they commission services is requiring better data and data analysis.…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsNo ICB should be taking that line. My noble friend is aware that in line with the 10-year plan, NHS England has asked integrated care boards to reduce their running costs. I…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsIn February 2025 we published an overview of core community health services, Standardising Community Health Services , in order that ICBs should not just bear it in mind but act…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsTo develop further the reply I gave to my noble friend, ICBs have been asked to reduce their running cost allowance to a cap of £19.40 per head of weighted population for the…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsI understand why the noble Baroness is asking that question. I cannot confirm that that is the case, but I will gladly raise that point with my colleague the Minister for Care.17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsThe noble Lord actually outlines our entire focus. In March this year, we published the neighbourhood health framework that will empower local leaders to develop and scale…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsI take the noble Lord’s point, but allocations take account of factors such as rurality and the different costs of providing care. For example, the formula says that reflecting…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsThat is the very reason why the allocations currently take account of the special needs of areas such as rural areas. In the NHS Bill, we will bring NHSE into the department and…17 Jun 2026 · 3d ago