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HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Care HomesI would like to start by congratulating the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) on securing this debate. Her speech this evening has been described as brave, but she took the…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Care HomesThat is a very interesting question. I have not considered the minimum staffing issue before. We are of course very concerned about training and ensuring that all care staff have…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Care HomesIt will be held for all parties to consider recommendations going forward and the hon. Lady will be able to attend. We look forward to hearing the outcome, and we will all be…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Care HomesThat is a very fair point and I am very keen that family members should be involved in the next stage of this meeting going forward. I will be keeping a very close eye on whether…26 Feb 2019HANSARDPersonal Budgets: Consultation ResponseToday I am publishing the joint response from the Government and NHS England to a recent consultation exploring extending legal rights to personal health budgets and integrated…21 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren’s HospicesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning his local hospice. We all have wonderful stories about the fantastic care delivered by hospices, particularly children’s hospices,…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Care Green PaperI cannot stress enough how much money we have made available. The Government have given councils access to almost £10 billion—a 9% increase—to address this issue. Local…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Care Green PaperFirst, I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new location in the Chamber. From that location, he might recognise that actually, there has been a failure of successive Governments to…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Care Green PaperI do not agree with the hon. Lady. What the Government have done is try to tackle the geographical inequalities in care across the country. We have increased councils’ access to…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Care Green PaperI understand that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met the gentleman my hon. Friend refers to. I understand and share my hon. Friend’s frustration. We need to…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Care Green PaperThe Green Paper on adult social care remains a priority for the Government. We will shortly be publishing this document, which sets out proposals to reform the adult social care…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDementia CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this point. Integrated health and care systems are very much the way forward if we are to deliver the future of adult social care that…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDementia CareThe adult social care Green Paper will look at the long-term sustainability of the funding of the adult social care system. In the meantime the Government are investing by giving…19 Feb 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryThere are several points here. On local community services, as the hon. Lady heard, we are putting an extra £4.5 billion into community and local health services. Through the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the need to support and enhance the protections for allied health professionals. One of the recent planned HCPC increases was to raise its…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDementia CareThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise dementia. It is a massive issue in everybody’s constituency and there is hardly a family that is not affected by it in some way. We are…19 Feb 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryEveryone who has an acquired brain injury deserves to receive the best possible care and rehabilitative service. To ensure that, the NHS long-term plan included £4.5 billion of…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsThe hon. Lady asks an excellent question. The CCGs are working closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop the programme’s capital scheme prior to the next spending…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point. It always amazes me how few people engage in some of the consultations, which are often discussing huge sums and affect really important…19 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren’s HospicesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this. When children’s hospices expand and include facilities for young adults, it can make such an immeasurable difference in their…19 Feb 2019