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HANSARDSocial Care WorkforceI will take away that example from my hon. Friend’s constituency and look into it. I want to see increased capacity in step-down care and social care during this winter and…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care WorkforceAfter hearing the hon. Member’s point, I should think that he therefore welcomes the fact that we have set up integrated care systems, which bring together health and social care.…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSudden Cardiac ArrestImmediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation doubles or quadruples the chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Defibrillation within three to five minutes dramatically…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care ReformWe are already putting social care reforms into practice. For instance, we want care providers to adopt digital care records, and more than 50% have already done so. I am…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSudden Cardiac ArrestAs the hon. Lady says, access to a defibrillator makes a great difference to the survival prospects of somebody having a sudden cardiac arrest, which most commonly happens either…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSudden Cardiac ArrestMy right hon. Friend makes an important point, and this is exactly why work is going on to increase the number of defibrillators across the community, for instance, in villages…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care ReformThe hon. Lady makes an important point about people who are receiving social care also having access to the healthcare they need and these systems working together across our…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care ReformAs announced in the autumn statement, we have a record funding settlement of £7.5 billion going into the social care system over the next two years, to improve both access and…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care ReformWe have delayed our social care charging reforms because we listened to those in the system and we heard local authorities asking for more time to prepare. Importantly, we have…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The NHS is strongly encouraging local vaccination teams to vaccinate staff, as well as residents when they visit care homes. That should…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend; it is good to hear that she has visited a local care home. I have also heard what she heard from staff. Although face masks are important for infection…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI point the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Anna Firth) a moment ago specifically about face masks. I have asked for updated…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care WorkforceI thank all those who work in social care for what they do day in, day out for people whose lives depend on care. We are supporting care homes and agencies in their efforts to…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Care WorkforceMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I, too, have heard from family carers about the difficulties that they have faced in getting skilled professional help, which, in turn,…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Pulmonary Embolisms: DiagnosisI commend the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) on securing this debate. She is quite right to bring this issue before the House, as pulmonary embolisms are…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Social CareI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green) on securing this debate. I thank him for all the work he does as Chair of the all-party parliamentary…24 Nov 2022HANSARDHuntington’s DiseaseThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point. As the right hon. Member for Leeds Central said, some people choose not to find out whether they carry the gene. Let me look into the hon.…09 Nov 2022HANSARDHuntington’s DiseaseI congratulate the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) on securing this debate on Huntington’s disease, and on shining a light on this condition, which we all…09 Nov 2022HANSARDPancreatic Cancer Awareness MonthI absolutely hear the hon. Gentleman’s request, which is for match funding for the funding contributed by Pancreatic Cancer UK. I will say two things about that. Another function…08 Nov 2022HANSARDPancreatic Cancer Awareness MonthI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important debate, and for his work as chair of the APPG on pancreatic cancer. He is right: we should…08 Nov 2022