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HANSARD National Strategy for Self-CareThe hon. Gentleman is seeking to find a way through some of these points in his typically dexterous way. Suggesting “a strategy, if that is what we want to call it”, leaves open…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillVery briefly, but I am sensitive to Madam Deputy Speaker’s instruction to be brief.25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillYes—it is the only intervention I will take, but I promised my hon. Friend.25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI hope I can reassure my hon. Friend that I always reflect carefully not just on what he says and what my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt) says,…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillWith the leave of the House, I would like to thank right hon. and hon. Members who have spoken in this debate. I am grateful to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Bristol…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI fear that I cannot, but my hon. Friend may catch me during my winding-up speech. I want to make progress, as about 10 Back-Bench colleagues wish to speak. Finally, on the adult…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThat is exactly what we are doing through the work commissioned by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, which is why Lords amendment 29B is unnecessary.25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI reassure my hon. Friend that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made it clear that he wishes the whole health and care workforce landscape to be considered by…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI will make a little progress, if I may—a few more paragraphs—as I am very conscious of allowing time for Back-Bench colleagues to speak. Building on this work, we recently…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the work we are already doing, which I will address in a moment, and the number of nurses we have recruited. I believe we have now…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI paid tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green, but my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) has also taken a keen interest in this…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThe Lords amendments before the House today relate to the NHS workforce, reconfigurations, modern slavery and the adult social care cap. In respect of amendments 30B and 108B on…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 29B in lieu.25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillVery briefly, as I am conscious that we have limited time.25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI did indeed have a positive and constructive meeting with my hon. Friend. It is right that we have access geographically spread to A&E services, but the decisions are rightly…19 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Workforce PlanningI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and had we been going further down the route of privatisation, his question might have had a little more resonance. What we are doing in the…19 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo one, with the possible exception of my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone), is more passionate than my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) about…19 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Workforce PlanningThe workforce are the heart of our NHS, and I join the Minister for Care and Mental Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan), and Opposition Members in…19 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Workforce PlanningI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. We are clear, and always have been clear, about how much we value the huge contribution that overseas workers in our NHS make…19 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Workforce PlanningI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who takes a close interest in this issue, which she and I have discussed on a number of occasions. She is right to highlight the challenges that…19 Apr 2022