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HANSARDCommunity Pharmacy ClosuresCommercial over the counter products will have a part to play. However, I take the point that the noble Lord makes. I am sure it is true that their vital role, and the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesI have direct experience of the value of charities such as Mencap, and I thank it and all the other third sector organisations involved. I agree with my noble friend about the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesIt is a good point. I will be pleased to look into it in greater detail and write to the noble Lord.28 Jan 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesI understand and am sympathetic to the points that the noble Baroness makes about Cameron and his family. I listened very closely to the concerns that she raised. As I mentioned…28 Jan 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesThe role of advocacy is extremely important. I take on board what the noble Baroness is saying.28 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Pharmacy ClosuresMy Lords, the Government recognise that pharmacies are integral to the fabric of our communities. They provide an easily accessible front door to the NHS and are staffed by highly…28 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Pharmacy ClosuresSome 98% of pharmacies are signed up to Pharmacy First and I am glad about how it is developing. On the noble Baroness’s very real points, the majority of recent closures were the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Pharmacy ClosuresThat point is understood, which is why I thought it important to bring to your Lordships’ House the announcement in the media release from my ministerial colleague Stephen…28 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Pharmacy ClosuresThe noble Baroness raises a good point and work is continuing to resolve that. It might also be helpful to say that NHS England has commissioned an economic analysis of the cost…28 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Pharmacy ClosuresThe economic analysis by NHS England that I just referred to will be helpful in informing where we go next. I confess that I did not get all the detail of the noble Lord’s second…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNew Hospital Programme ReviewMy Lords, I am grateful for the reflections and questions from the Opposition Front Benches, although I noticed a difference in the level of understanding of where we are between…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNew Hospital Programme ReviewWhile I cannot answer exactly on Cambridgeshire, which the noble Lord raises, I can say that the department and NHS England are working with integrated care boards to ensure that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNew Hospital Programme ReviewI am, of course, delighted to accept the thanks from my noble friend, and I will indeed share it with the ministerial team. As has already been raised by the noble Lord, Lord…28 Jan 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesMy Lords, the Government recognise the difficulties that young disabled people and their families can face when they transition into adult social care. This has been a neglected…28 Jan 2025HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Social Care ServicesThe transition assessment has to cover the whole range of provision, including healthcare, as the noble Lord rightly says. That is already embedded. I refer back to the point of…28 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]The noble Baroness makes a fair point, and that is something I shall return to later in Committee. I am keen, as I hope noble Lords know, to speak in your Lordships’ House about…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for all the contributions in this group. I will start with Amendment 115, tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I would be very glad to share the date if I could put a date on it. It will be after Royal Assent, and I will keep noble Lords updated.27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, for tabling Amendment 128 and for her contribution, along with that of the noble Earl, Lord Howe. On the…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am happy to confirm that to the noble Baroness. The important thing for me is that we make sure that, as always, we can move with best practice and keep up with what is needed.…27 Jan 2025