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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)I recognise the importance of drafting, but obviously the new clause is seeking to establish that the title “nurse” could be used only by nurses registered with the NMC, dental…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)I assume from the hon. Gentleman’s comments that he shares my concern that although vaping is considerably safer than traditional tobacco, as Public Health England reports on…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)I recognise that the term is also used as highlighted—for example, “nursery nurse”. However, veterinary nurses and dental nurses are registered professionals, and therefore that…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)Does the Minister recognise the difficulty in getting unpaid carers to recognise that they are unpaid carers? Particularly during covid, couples may have grown into a caring role…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)rose—27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Although this would obviously apply in England and not Scotland, and the NIHR does not generally fund a lot of clinical research that comes from Scotland, I absolutely support the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I was going to guess some other city and get it wrong, but it is somewhere north. The hon. Member said that having access to research time as a clinician, which the right hon.…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)There is a problem with the shortage of organs for transplant generally within the UK. While making it an opt-out system will hopefully help with that, is there not a need to have…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 114, in clause 130, page 111, line 15, at beginning insert “Subject to subsection (4),”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 115.27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 115, which is the main amendment. Amendment 114 is consequential on it. The amendment comes back to the main theme: the clause contains significant…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I just remind the Minister that the Cabinet Secretaries in the devolved nations saw this huge Bill the day before it was launched, so although there may have been engagement with…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I appreciate that the vast majority of consequential changes that might be made by the Secretary of State would be minor, and most of them would apply to England. However, I am…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I have a small comment following on from the hon. Gentleman, who was asking for evidence of profiteering on specials. I was on the Committee considering the Health Service Medical…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I rise to support new clauses 1 and 2. Although this issue would be within the devolved space, as a doctor, I think that any practice that is in essence being called a medical…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The shadow Minister speaks about people who have been referred to mental health support but are not able to get it. Is there not a need to be moving that further upstream? Young…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman think that we also have a job to do socially in reducing the stigma? I have worked in casualty departments and as a surgeon facing women who had clearly…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I spent a few years in cancer research while doing my doctorate. Does the Minister recognise that when there is that hand-to-mouth need to get a publication so as to get another…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I rise to support the new clause. As a surgeon working in general surgery, I know that, as many of these new techniques emerged, the pressure on the NHS became obvious—for…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)There is no question but that the workforce in both health and social care is one of the biggest challenges across all four nations of the UK. As the shadow Minister highlighted,…27 Oct 2021