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HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Gentleman makes his point forcefully but courteously. I will take away what he said and I will write to him.30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Local NHS trusts will be developing their plans and proposals on how they wish to see services modernised, but he is absolutely right and I am…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that question and for the tone in which he asks it; it is an extremely important point and he makes it well. The investment in CT scanners…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI know that, since my hon. Friend was first elected to this House, he has made health and the NHS his No. 1 priority. He served with distinction as a Minister in the Department…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanAs that is the final request for a meeting, it would be churlish of me to say no to the hon. Gentleman. I am very happy to meet him, as I am happy to meet any Member of this House…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for attempting to pile a number of requests into his question. On where bids have come from for these moneys, they have come from those trusts…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Gentleman rightly highlights the importance of mental health care and services for those with mental health needs. I go back to the point that this Government have placed…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanAs the hon. Lady will recall, many years ago, when I had more hair and it was not so grey, I sat on Westminster City Council, and St Mary’s was an issue back then that we…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI pay tribute to my hon. Friend and to my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd) for their campaigning work on behalf of their local hospital trust, East…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend is quite right to highlight that in certain parts of the country, including his constituency, geography can present a challenge for the delivery of services. I look…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanWhile I recognise and pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her championing, as one would expect, of her constituents and local hospital, I am sure she will none the less welcome this…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend was a distinguished predecessor of mine in this post. He is very much missed by the Department and, I am sure, by all those working in the NHS who came into contact…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. This money will be hugely important to doing exactly what she says: investing in our NHS buildings for the long term, so reducing…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Lady, as she says, comes to this with a wealth of experience. The bids were put forward by individual trusts working with their STPs, and in the context of the STPs that…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy hon. Friend and constituency neighbour makes a positive point, perhaps in contrast with some of the points made by Opposition Members, in welcoming the huge investment that we…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy right hon. and learned Friend makes an important point that is close to my heart, as a former co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on dementia. I recently, or…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Lady makes an important point about mental health and the services for those with mental health needs. This announcement is very much focused on acute hospitals, and…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Lady makes a powerful point. I am sure she would therefore welcome what we are doing, which is addressing capital funding needs with a long-term, rolling programme of…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanMy right hon. Friend is right. In my previous role, I enjoyed a visit to her constituency to visit a prison with her and I am more than happy, although I am sure my officials will…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe hon. Lady highlights an issue of great importance to her constituents and her local hospital. As she will be aware, decisions on changes to services are made by local NHS…30 Sept 2019