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HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationI agree with my noble friend: we have to hear from unpaid carers, because that will strengthen the exercise. We are constantly monitoring which groups are responding and which are…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationThis is indeed one of the groups for whom we need to ensure absolute inclusion. As I mentioned, the work with integrated care systems will be particularly helpful in running the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationMy noble friend allows me to say—and I hope your Lordships’ House will agree with this—that our approach will of course focus on addressing the social determinants of health. The…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationWe have identified those who are homeless as one of the specific seldom-heard groups, and that is why we are working so closely with integrated care systems: to ensure that we…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationI thank the noble Lord. Yesterday, I was at an in-person event in Folkestone, and as with all such events up and down the country, it had used systems to find a wide range of…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationI am very grateful to all those, including pharmacists, who have used all their networks and contacts to spread the word. That is why we have had over 60,000 responses and more…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationThe lessons that have been learned are that there has to be a whole range of ways of consulting: in person around the country; online, where people can access the website; and…02 Dec 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesAs always, I pay close attention to the contributions of my noble friend, who makes helpful observations. We do indeed need to continue our work in this area. It is quite…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesI will indeed be doing that, not least because our work with other departments continues to take account of the early warning to which the noble Baroness refers. That is in…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesI assure the noble Baroness that education on drug use is an essential part of harm reduction and prevention. It is a statutory component of relationship, sex and health education.26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesOur continuing work in this area is part of the Office for Life Sciences programme. This Government continue to fund research into wearable technology, virtual reality and…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesI understand what the noble Lord is saying. Synthetic opioids, as he will know, are certainly more potent, and indeed can be more deadly, than other forms of drugs. We are working…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesThe right reverend Prelate is absolutely right to highlight the situation in the north- east. I can assure her that funding is allocated on the basis of need, and that includes…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesThe noble Baroness will have heard me say before that we had to take some tough decisions at the Budget to fix the foundations in the public finances, and that enabled a…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesI understand the point that the noble Lord is making. We are funding the rough sleeping drug and alcohol treatment grant, which gives targeted treatment and wraparound support…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesMy Lords, drug-related deaths are tragically at record highs, especially in deprived areas. We are committed to tackling this problem, including by correcting the years of…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDrug-related Deaths in England and WalesMy ministerial colleague Andrew Gwynne will be looking at how we improve drug and alcohol addiction services. In the light of recent Office for National Statistics data, the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee that they consider the Bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time. Relevant document: Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill, Session 2022 - 23 . Welsh legislative consent sought .25 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionThe right reverend Prelate makes a very good point. The fact is that the overall state of our children’s oral health is very poor, including in the north-east, as she rightly…25 Nov 2024