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HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q What are your thoughts on the abolition of Healthwatch? Does Healthwatch have teeth? Does it influence people? Is it influencing the decision makers? Could it be reformed or…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q My first question, which is about specialist commissioning, is for James. Your charity is involved with palliative care for children. What effect do you think the changes in the…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q My second question is for Professor Croisdale-Appleby. The CQC has been reported to be in a relatively difficult place, facing challenges at the moment. It is being asked to…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q 60 Good afternoon, gentlemen. My first question is to the NHS Alliance. In a survey published last month, your organisation found that two thirds of trusts and integrated care…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Blythe, what value does your council of governors add to your trust? James Blythe: Councils of governors across the NHS have added significant value since they were…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q The question was really about trust, and how people can be trusting of figures. For example, with Healthwatch, if you internalise patient experience into an organisation, do…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q I want to move on to the single patient record. Do you feel that general practice has had enough information about its role in terms of who is responsible, who is accountable,…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Sarah, the King’s Fund report said that the potential cost savings of abolishing NHS England “would be minimal in the context of the entire NHS budget”. Many MPs across the…16 Jun 2026HANSARDNHS DentistryI congratulate the hon. Members for Yeovil (Adam Dance), Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) and Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay), and my hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and…15 Jun 2026HANSARD Secondary Breast CancerIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Members for Wokingham (Clive Jones) and for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) on securing this…11 Jun 2026HANSARD Compassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VAT(Urgent Question ): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on the effect of VAT on the availability of medicines through…11 Jun 2026HANSARD Compassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VATI declare an interest as a consultant paediatrician. One of the worst moments as a paediatrician is when all treatments have failed and there is no suitable clinical trial. At…11 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Food Supplements Purity Criteria (Magnesium L-threonate monohydrate) (England) Regulations 2026I just have a couple of questions. I have read about magnesium L-threonate: it is supposed to promote relaxation, unlock true cognitive potential, improve sleep, mood and overall…10 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesDoes the Secretary of State agree that state-funded healthcare should be provided to all children based on clinical need, not economic or educational status?09 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI thank the Secretary of State for his answer. Does he therefore share my concern at reports that some children are being turned away from state-funded healthcare because they are…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillBefore I start, I must declare an interest as an NHS consultant paediatrician, a member of the British Medical Association and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and…01 Jun 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesMy hon. Friend is, as usual, making an excellent speech. He is talking about the composition of the Privileges Committee. Is it right to say that a majority of its members are…28 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe Minister talked about less-than-full-time training, which has obviously had an impact on the number of doctors we need. The Secretary of State said before the general election…27 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank the Minister for that answer, but I believe that it relates to postgraduate training places. I was asking whether it is still the intention to double the number of medical…27 Apr 2026HANSARDJunior Doctors’ Foundation ProgrammeI thank the Minister for being extremely generous with his time. He says the Government will not consider removing the right of doctors to strike, but he seems to be going further…22 Apr 2026