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HANSARD Social Care FundingMy hon. Friend is right to say there were teething problems, but in the most recent reporting cycle, 93% of local areas agreed that joint working had improved as a result of the…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingI do not have time. We also fund the workforce development fund, and social care employers can bid for this funding to pay for their staff to gain training qualifications at all…01 Oct 2019HANSARDVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) Risk Reduction Measures: Revised AdviceI would like to inform the House that the Government, along with the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government, will be updating some specific variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Lower Limb Wound CareIt has sometimes been said that MPs in this House speak about things they do not know about, and sometimes MPs speak about things about which they have only a little experience,…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Lower Limb Wound CareYes. We do not discriminate. We are keen to talk to everyone to get the best possible learning so that patients up and down the country can benefit from all the expertise that is…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Lower Limb Wound CareThe hon. Gentleman is always full of brilliant ideas and we will only move forward as a nation if we share best practice and the expertise gained from different parts of our…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Lower Limb Wound CareI do apologise—I went to university in Wales, so I should get that right. I must congratulate the right hon. Lady, first, on securing the debate, and, secondly, on making such…23 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsClearly, patient safety is a massive priority for the Government. I do not know the exact details of the site that the hon. Lady is talking about, but if she would like to drop me…23 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that, because one of the things that I have learned in this role is that working in care should never be described as unskilled. It is…23 Jul 2019HANSARDAutism and Learning DisabilitiesThe hon. Lady has hit on a really important point. The truth is that a lot of children who end up in an in-patient setting are not diagnosed with autism or a learning disability…23 Jul 2019HANSARDAutism and Learning DisabilitiesThe NHS long-term plan commits to an extra £4.5 billion a year for primary and community health services by 2023-24. Local areas will be expected to use part of this investment to…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. One of the biggest issues we have had with people with learning disabilities and autism ending up in in-patient settings is a lack of community…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityThe hon. Gentleman is right: we do have a number of vacancies—a large number of vacancies—in adult social care. That is why, earlier in the year, the Government announced a…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityFirst, I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her work in the APPG on adult social care. It is really important that we have an APPG that represents this really important issue. As I…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityAll councils have a statutory duty to look after people’s care and support needs in their areas. In total, between 2016 and 2017, and in 2019-20, the Government have given…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityThere is no doubt that the system is under pressure, but that is why the Government have been putting an enormous amount of money in and giving councils access to additional…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Batten Disease: Access to DrugsThank you, Mr Speaker. I do apologise for the further confusion that is here today. We are trying to seek further guidance on this—16 Jul 2019HANSARD Batten Disease: Access to DrugsI completely understand what the hon. Lady says, and I completely agree with her. I would love to be able to solve this problem straightaway and give these children the lifeline…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Batten Disease: Access to DrugsOf course I will commit to doing everything I can to making sure that all the very valid and easy-to-understand sentiments that have been expressed by Members across the House are…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Batten Disease: Access to DrugsI am very tempted to do so, but I would like to try to make progress on some of the things I can say, and then we can maybe move on to a more satisfactory conclusion.16 Jul 2019