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HANSARDLocum Doctors and NursesIn NHS hospital trusts to date in 2021-22, there have been on average 14,826 full-time-equivalent agency nurses and 4,621 medical and dental FTE agency staff. It is hard to draw…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNHS Managers: Performance and EfficiencyThe NHS is recognised as one of the most efficient health services in the world. Between 2010 and 2018, productivity in the NHS grew faster than in the wider economy. However,…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNHS Managers: Performance and EfficiencyPossibly at some risk to my political prospects, I find myself in agreement with the hon. Gentleman on the importance of good and effective leadership. Of course I join him in his…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealthcare Payments to the EEA and SwitzerlandFirst Annual Report on International Healthcare Payments under the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Act 2019 I have today laid before Parliament…22 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKIn response to one of the points made by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), I would not take away from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I think he speaks for thousands across this country who will have had a similar experience during the course of the pandemic. We must…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services in EnglandReflecting the rest of the week, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) for securing this important debate. In the same…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services in EnglandI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman—I keep feeling tempted to say shadow Minister; he is a shadow Minister but he is no longer my shadow—for that point. He is right that when…10 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperThe hon. Lady will know from the debates on the Health and Care Bill that we are moving forward with opportunities for local authorities to be engaged not just at partnership…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He is, I think, alluding to the fact that quite considerable inputs in the form of taxpayers’ money and resources go into the system. Members…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperWe have had these debates before. The hon. Lady knows that the pace of privatisation was fastest under the last Labour Government, when the increase in spend on the private sector…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperI am grateful to the hon. Lady, although I am not entirely convinced on her point about the absence of Government action. Yes, co-operation has been happening organically from the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperMy hon. Friend knows, by virtue of the outcome, the persuasive and compelling case made by him and other right hon. and hon. Members from both sides of the Chamber in respect of…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperAs I mentioned in my earlier answers, this White Paper needs to be taken in conjunction with what we announced yesterday in respect of waiting list recovery, the September social…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperThe hon. Lady will have seen yesterday the announcement and publication of our plan to tackle waiting lists caused by the covid pandemic, the investment that underpins that, the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperI am grateful to my right hon. Friend in this respect. Discharge of people from hospital safely, either into a care home setting or back to their own home with support, is vital…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperThese plans build on what we are proposing in our legislation. At the heart of the Bill are integrated care systems, which bring together at ICB level and ICP level the local…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her comments and for highlighting the situation Lynn and Andy find themselves in. What we seek to do, through what I said about care records, is…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who quite rightly never misses an opportunity to pay tribute to his local hospital trust. As he knows, I am always happy—as is my hon. Friend the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntegration White PaperWith permission, I would like to make a statement on the integration White Paper. The covid-19 pandemic has been a living example of the importance of working together as one.…09 Feb 2022