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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Obviously, Dame Gill Morgan is quoted as saying that no one could evenly remotely think of setting up an ICS without primary care voices—and these other voices. Are all interim…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Does the shadow Minister think that the fact we have heard today that Cheshire and Merseyside could be reviewed as quickly as in two years’ time might undermine some of the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Although this was described as an evolutionary piece of legislation that would not involve a lot of upheaval for the NHS, it actually does. It is a significant piece of…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)On that issue, when one of the amendments was turned down earlier, the Minister suggested that there was already a responsibility to deal with health inequalities that sits within…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)It is important to recognise the changes that the NHS in England has been through over the past 20 years, moving from about 100 strategic health authorities to primary care…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsI, too, welcome the decision to vaccinate 12 to 15-year-olds. Scotland’s NHS is also primed to deliver vaccinations as quickly as possible, but it is a pity that there was a delay…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan Policyrose —13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyObviously, quite rightly, a lot of the discussion is around ARAP, but what about UK citizens and UK residents who are trapped? My case is of a woman with three tiny daughters who…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Third sitting)Could you speak a wee bit louder? I am from Northern Ireland as well and we can definitely speak loudly when we want to. Pat Cullen: We fundamentally oppose the power of the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Third sitting)Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I will start with you, Richard, on tariffs. I have a background in the NHS. I and colleagues south of the border know of people doing outreach work from a hospital trust into a…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Perhaps I can start with you on this question. We obviously hear about the ICB, which appears to be the power base, and the ICP, which is more flexible and will put forward an…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think there will be a friction where, say, a foundation trust has had good financial management and a budget that is not too bad is asked to work with one that has been…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Obviously, the idea is that the ICBs would have that vision and power. Richard Murray: You would hope that the ICBs would have that power and the ICPs would try to set the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Nick? Nick Timmins: I have little to add. This is really an issue of behaviour, culture and financial flows. It is not something that the Bill can lay down or dictate.09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But obviously the tariffs created some problems. Nick Timmins: The tariffs definitely caused some problems. Changing the way the tariff is used is very important, but that does…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Nigel? Nigel Edwards: I agree with all of that. This gives a vehicle that will allow many of those perverse incentives to be removed. People found ways of working round them…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So the challenge you see is more about things like footprints and boundaries making it clunky in some areas. It is about trying to get that right. Nigel Edwards: Yes. The NHS…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It was really just about other groups. You talked about having a primary care sub-group, and there has been a lot of discussion about how to harvest voices up. Could you expand…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q In the morning sitting we heard from Professor Marshall, who was talking about your own ICS. I asked about the problem of the power imbalance between the partnership and the…09 Sept 2021