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HANSARD Adult Community ServicesIt is a great pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Gapes. I thank the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) for securing this debate. She spoke passionately on…26 Jun 2019HANSARDLiving with DementiaRespite care was one of the themes of the carers action plan that we published last year. SCIE is putting together guidance for local authorities on how they can best provide that…25 Jun 2019HANSARDLiving with DementiaAs ever, Mr Paisley, it is a great pleasure to serve under your stewardship. I thank the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) for securing this important…25 Jun 2019HANSARDLiving with DementiaThat is an interesting question. I do not know the answer, but I would be keen to look into it to find out. We are looking to explore ways to encourage the take-up of tier 2…25 Jun 2019HANSARDLiving with DementiaI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I am sure the slight disturbance caused by her mobile created a welcome distraction for everybody from my speech. I took note of what…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Care Act 2014 gives councils a responsibility to provide residents with a choice of quality care options in a local area. More broadly, we are backing up councils with…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsPatient safety, as my hon. Friend suggests, remains an absolutely key priority for the NHS. NHS Improvement and NHS England are developing a national patient safety strategy,…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely. We are very keen to look at the Select Committees’ recommendations and the contributions of all key stakeholders. We are committed to ensuring that everyone has access…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCare Home SafetyNo compromise can be made on the safety of care homes, and that is why the Government introduced robust inspection regimes led by the Care Quality Commission. Latest figures from…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCare Home SafetyI thank the hon. Lady for that question. It is of course incredibly concerning when we hear cases of abuse or neglect in care homes. That is why the Government asked the CQC to…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCare Home SafetyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight that four out of five care homes are rated good or outstanding. That is largely down to the more than 1.5 million adult social care…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCare Home SafetyThe hon. Lady has often spoken very movingly in the House about her personal experiences, and she is absolutely right: abuse of vulnerable people is absolutely abhorrent. We are…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCare Home SafetyThe hon. Lady is absolutely right: abuse of any kind must not be tolerated, and we have heard horrific accounts of abuse that must be tackled. That is why in May, we announced…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: Changing PlacesLast year, I announced £2 million funding for NHS trusts in England to install Changing Places facilities in hospitals; this is now available for trusts to bid for. We estimate…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: Changing PlacesI am really pleased that my hon. Friend has mentioned that it is Children’s Hospice Week. It is a great opportunity to pay tribute to the incredible work that children’s hospices…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: Changing PlacesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman because it was he who introduced me to Lorna Fillingham and the amazing Changing Places campaigners in the first place. It is really down to…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to draw attention to this issue. We are very concerned about the diagnosis times, which is why we are reviewing our autism strategy this year and…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallI thank my hon. Friend for that question; she is right to raise it. Autism and learning disability are both mentioned as clinical priorities in the NHS long-term plan. That is…23 May 2019HANSARDClinical Trials and Clinical Research CapabilityIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I start in a similar vein to my colleagues, by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Chris Green)…23 May 2019HANSARDClinical Trials and Clinical Research CapabilityMy hon. Friend is quite right. We must do everything we can to communicate and reassure individuals in the UK and across the rest of the EU about our intentions. We have a strong…23 May 2019