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HANSARDNew Hospital in DoncasterI cannot comment on the selection process while it is under way, but my hon. Friend is a strong and powerful advocate for his constituents and for a new hospital in Doncaster. He…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElective Procedure BacklogsIn respect of the elective recovery fund and the thresholds, the hon. Lady recognised that they are an additionality alongside the record extra investment that we are putting into…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElective Procedure BacklogsIn the context of elective surgery recovery, my right hon. Friend makes an important point about the role that community hospitals play in helping to drive down waiting lists. I…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElective Procedure BacklogsThe hon. Lady is right to highlight that, essentially, social care and the NHS go hand in hand; they are two sides of the same coin. That is why we have made ambitious proposals,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsThe short answer is that it looks as though I may be going on tour in the coming months, and I am delighted to accept my hon. Friend’s kind invitation.19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. In October 2020 the Prime Minister announced details of 40 schemes that we will be taking forward in line with our manifesto…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who quite rightly recognises and highlights the work that my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) has put into…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsI am always happy to meet the right hon. Lady. However, I would say to her that decisions such as that are NHS-made, clinical decisions. That is the framework through which they…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. This is what this House does best: raising and highlighting particular cases. I am very happy to meet him to discuss this very…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 117, in clause 79, page 69, line 15, leave out “services” and insert “care”. This amendment has the effect that information standards may be set for public…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am happy to reassure the hon. Gentleman that either I or the relevant portfolio-holding Minister will happily have that conversation with him.19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As we alluded to in our discussion on amendment 109, the clause inserts a new section into the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It has the sole objective of increasing the sharing…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The clause amends the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and requires NHS Digital, when exercising its functions, to have regard to the need to promote the effective and efficient…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 82 enables NHS Digital to require private healthcare providers to provide data, where this is necessary or expedient in order to comply with a direction by the Secretary of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for his remarks and their tone. I hope that I can reassure him, in the few brief moments that I will take to sum up, that we recognise…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minster for tabling the amendment and enabling us to have this discussion and air this issue. I understand his intentions in the amendment and new…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am happy to bear in mind those sensible points as we look to the formulation of regulations. I am grateful to the shadow Minister. Question put and agreed to. Clause 84 ordered…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)This clause inserts a new chapter 3 into the Health and Social Care Act 2012, relating to information about adult social care. It introduces a new power for the Secretary of State…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have nothing further to add to what we have said, save that I am always in listening mode when the shadow Minister is making his points. Question put and agreed to . Clause 85…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As we have discussed in the context of the various amendments, clause 85 inserts a new chapter, 1A, into the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021. It introduces a new power to…19 Oct 2021