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HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)When I met surgeons, they said that one reason they like working in elective independent sector hospitals is that they can do more operations on a given day. The shadow Secretary…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I declare an interest as a member of the NHS workforce and an NHS consultant paediatrician. In England, around one in every 17 working people is employed by the national health…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I agree. The amendments include, in many cases, a statement of what someone’s job is. Does the Member who tabled them think that the Secretary of State is not doing his job and…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister talked about the flexibility of the committee, and my hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and Bordon explained why it is helpful to have some direction. Could the…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Puberty BlockersWell, one of the things with doctors is that if you ask two doctors, you might get two different opinions. I completely respect Baroness Cass. She has been president of the Royal…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Lady is absolutely right. When I was a very junior doctor, whether one wanted to work in a small hospital in the countryside or a large teaching hospital in a big city…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)Before the lunch break I was saying that, in essence, clause 7 states what the Secretary of State’s job is. It moves the function of planning the workforce from NHS England to the…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Puberty BlockersI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention on devolution, and I am sure the Secretary of State was listening and considering what he has said. To go back to the age of the…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Puberty BlockersThis is not a form of gene therapy. It is a medication that is a GnRH analogue, and what it essentially does is delay puberty. It was designed as a drug to treat children who go…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Puberty BlockersI beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to take steps to prevent the PATHWAYS clinical trial into the effect of puberty suppressing hormones on children with gender…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Puberty BlockersMy hon. Friend raises a very good point, and I will come to the data linkage study shortly. What we do know from the Cass review is that the vast majority of children who went on…23 Jun 2026HANSARDPathways Study: Puberty SuppressionI declare an interest as an NHS consultant paediatrician and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. What does this trial do? Put simply, it takes…22 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend talked about how the ICBs have merged. There are lots of different types of reorganisation going on at once: the abolition of NHS England, the changes to local…18 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. First, I declare a number of interests. I am a consultant paediatrician working in the NHS, a member of the British…18 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Third sitting)Thank you, Sir Jeremy. I will be grateful if the Minister clarifies at the end, because she seems to be suggesting that Lord Darzi’s report was wrong in some way. He was assessing…18 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q What about the risks of that—the conflict? Dr Dash: I do not see a conflict. I think they are complementary and this is all about improving the regulatory landscape in the…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have any thoughts on the separation of elements of the record such as safeguarding records and sexual health records? We have heard about carers being able to see parts…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q As a Lincolnshire MP, I am delighted to know that that is operating, if not necessarily in my constituency, then certainly in the county. I have a question for Kath: how does…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Sarah. That was also the view of the Darzi report. He said that it was “neither desirable nor necessary”. Jacob, what effect will the abolition of Healthwatch have on…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Yes, although yesterday we received an answer to a written parliamentary question saying that the abolition of NHS England is causing no disruption to the development of new…16 Jun 2026