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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, Nicole, and congratulations on your role. How much importance do you place on diversity in your recruitment, and within your department and the work you are doing…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to expand on mental health issues. Do you work with child and adolescent mental health services? Sally Noden: Yes. Actually, over a third of our referrals come from…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q I know we have the NHS in the commissioning body, but do you think there should be something for people with mental health issues, particularly children, in the commissioning…29 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceI am pleased to follow the amazing speech from the hon. Member for Telford (Lucy Allan). In the Queen’s Speech, the Government did not mention the long-awaited social care Green…23 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceI do agree with that. The Royal College of Psychiatrists would back up the hon. Gentleman as well. Organisations such as the Royal College of Psychiatrists have said that the…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Census (Return Particulars and Removal Of Penalties) Bill [Lords]Why is the ONS ignoring the legal status of the Sikhs as an ethnic group and continuing to discriminate against them by refusing to include a tick box despite evidence of…07 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ3. The Government update of the national planning policy framework published in July 2018 changed the policy we have had for generations of not building on the green belt. The…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe recent Operation Yellowhammer report notes that low-income groups will be disproportionately affected by any price rises in food and fuel. What plans have the Government put…25 Sept 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: Accessibility11. What recent estimate he has made of the number of people unable to access social care services.23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityFigures from the Care and Support Alliance and Age UK show that at least 1.4 million older people in England are not receiving the care and support they need. We know that this…23 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandI beg to move, That this House has considered the legal duties of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for NHS workforce planning and supply. I am a nurse. My…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandMy hon. Friend is right, and I will touch on the removal of bursaries later. A huge amount of effort has been required to try to fix this mess. There has been progress in the NHS,…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandI get what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but I worked for 40 years in the health service and it was because I saw its deterioration that I came to Parliament to say, “This is…17 Jul 2019HANSARDTettenhall Medical PracticeWood Road surgery is a GP surgery in the Tettenhall Wood area of Wolverhampton, one of two sites run by Tettenhall Medical Practice. The practice wants to close the surgery, and…08 Jul 2019HANSARD HealthI thank the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) for raising her points. Since 2010, we have seen the Government cut health services and social care by £7…14 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ2. I am the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on adult social care, and I would like to know when the long-awaited Green Paper on social care will be published. We…08 May 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsIt is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon), and I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) for bringing the debate…21 Mar 2019HANSARDTeachers’ Pension Scheme Costs: Effect on Universities9. What recent assessment he has made of the effect on universities of increased teachers’ pension scheme costs.11 Mar 2019HANSARDTeachers’ Pension Scheme Costs: Effect on UniversitiesModern universities across the country are deeply anxious about the upcoming charges to the teachers’ pension scheme, with one institution forecasting a 5% cut in staff members if…11 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting)I wish to speak to new clause 12, which states: “Any EEA or Swiss national, or family member of an EEA or Swiss national, resident in the United Kingdom shall be deemed ordinarily…28 Feb 2019