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HANSARDImpact of Brexit: RecruitmentYet again, an hon. Member from the SNP thinks it is all to do with Brexit, when the facts show that that is simply not the case. As I said a moment ago, 12,000 more staff from EU…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsRight now, we are seeing more people come forward for cancer diagnosis or to be given the all-clear. We are supporting services with an extra £8 billion for elective recovery.…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Cancer Outcomes: Tees ValleyYes of course. More people coming through for referral for cancer diagnosis and increased early rates of diagnosis feed through into us needing to increase the rates of treatment.…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Cancer Outcomes: Tees ValleyLet me begin by thanking my right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Mr Clarke) for securing this debate. He has been working hard to make sure…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Cancer Outcomes: Tees ValleyIt is good to be able to talk about good news. As my hon. Friend says, his area is not only getting a community diagnostic centre but getting it quicker because the timeframe for…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Cancer Outcomes: Tees ValleyI want to respond to the other comments from my right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, who also raised the important role that the independent…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Cancer Outcomes: Tees ValleyThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to pick up on what I said about the importance of supporting people to stop smoking, but for the sake of this Adjournment debate I will…16 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI welcome this chance to come to the House and speak about everything that we are doing right now, in the months ahead and for the longer term, so that people can get the…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Motor Neurone Disease Research: Government FundingThe hon. Member’s request is very clear. As I said to him a moment ago, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will meet researchers and patient groups at a roundtable…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Motor Neurone Disease Research: Government FundingIt is good to hear from my hon. Friend. Credit goes to him for his campaigning, both personally and as chair of the APPG on motor neurone disease, together with that of other…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Aortic Dissection: Patient Pathways and Research FundingThe third welcome I want to give is to Bob Harris, who is here today. He himself has suffered aortic dissection, and is working as an ambassador on this issue. It is very good to…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Aortic Dissection: Patient Pathways and Research FundingI completely agree with the hon. Member, and we can only do better if we share information across the whole United Kingdom and internationally, as work on this condition will be…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Aortic Dissection: Patient Pathways and Research FundingWhat we heard from the hon. Member for Enfield North (Feryal Clark) was a shame, but I will focus on what we heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham),…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Motor Neurone Disease Research: Government FundingThe hon. Member makes two really important points. As he says, several prominent sportsmen who have been effective campaigners have sadly been affected by the disease, and there…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Motor Neurone Disease Research: Government FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I begin by thanking the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner) for securing this debate. I too pay…13 Dec 2022HANSARDMoles and Skin Tags: Testing for CancerI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) for securing this debate, and on telling us Zoe’s story so powerfully. It is a truly heartbreaking story of a…12 Dec 2022HANSARDMoles and Skin Tags: Testing for CancerI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I will look into the scheme in his area that he mentioned. One of the good things about the NHS is that all sorts of fantastic things…12 Dec 2022HANSARDCancer ServicesThere will be huge numbers of figures on things that NHS England will be monitoring. I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Erewash that I am very happy to look at her specific…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCancer ServicesI very much thank my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) for raising the Select Committee’s report on cancer today. I know that he is passionate about this issue…08 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care WorkforceThe hon. Member makes a really important point. I will say two things. In the short term, we are supporting social care with £500 million through the discharge fund this winter.…06 Dec 2022