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HANSARDCovid-19: Impact on Social WorkThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point. Anyone who has met social workers doing that vital job, particularly in child protection, has nothing but admiration for the job they do.…23 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Impact on Social WorkIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) for securing the debate so close to World Social…23 Mar 2022HANSARDLiberty Protection Safeguards and Mental Capacity Act Code of PracticeThis is a joint statement with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for of Justice. Today, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Ministry of Justice have…17 Mar 2022HANSARDHymenoplastyOn 23 December 2021, as part of the “Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy in England” publication, the Government announced its intention to ban the hymenoplasty procedure in…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Physical Activity and Health OutcomesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) on bringing forward today’s debate on this important topic. In his excellent speech, he has…15 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Deteriorating Long-Term Health ConditionsIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins, and to follow the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), who showed no symptoms of brain fog in…10 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Deteriorating Long-Term Health ConditionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and I am very happy to respond by letter. However, I do know—I have had conversations about it—that these prioritised electives…10 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Deteriorating Long-Term Health ConditionsI mentioned the work that Jenny Keane will be doing following her recent appointment. She will be responsible for work on rehabilitation and discharges, as well as other areas…10 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Deteriorating Long-Term Health ConditionsI think it is only fair to say that, obviously, Jenny Keane has just started her work in this area—it is very new—but I know that she will be dedicated to ensuring that we make…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Allergy Research and Treatments: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I thank the hon. Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) for securing this debate on this important issue…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Allergy Research and Treatments: Government SupportI appreciate my hon. Friend’s intervention and will go directly to that point. General practitioners are responsible for ensuring that their own clinical knowledge remains up to…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Prison-based Addiction Treatment PathwaysIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Dr Huq, and I look forward to doing so on many more occasions. I am grateful to the hon. Member for…02 Mar 2022HANSARDMotor Neurone Disease ResearchResearchers can apply right now to the National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation to access the £50 million of funding. The timescale for spending the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDParliamentary Question 77467: CorrectionI would like to inform the House that a written answer I gave on 26 November 2021 to parliamentary question 77467, to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) was…01 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren with Epilepsy: TreatmentsBenzodiazepines are an important medicine in the treatment of severe cases of certain types of epileptic conditions in children. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory…01 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right, which is why we are working cross-departmentally to bring forward a mental health strategy. It is also why we have put in place mental health…01 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Young CarersVery much so. Young people should be protected from inappropriate and excessive caring responsibility, and adult and children’s services need to work together better. We…01 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Young CarersWe have introduced significant changes to support for young carers, with statutory entitlements to young carers’ assessments from April 2015. Local authorities are held to account…01 Mar 2022HANSARDChild Mental Health In-patient Provision: DerbyshireThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important point. Clearly, these are distressing enough times without having that commute and those travel arrangements on top of that, but…01 Mar 2022HANSARDChild Mental Health In-patient Provision: DerbyshireWe want to ensure that more children and young people can access appropriate support in their community, and that those who require in-patient cases are treated as close to home…01 Mar 2022