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HANSARDMoving Patients into Social CareWhen a patient no longer needs acute hospital care, they are usually better off outside hospital and that frees up their bed for somebody else. Delayed discharges are nothing new,…01 Nov 2022HANSARDMoving Patients into Social CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about patients spending too long in acute care in his own hospital. We know this is affecting other people around the country. I am very happy…01 Nov 2022HANSARDMoving Patients into Social CareThe hon. Member raises Tony’s individual case, which is very hard to hear about. She and I know there are too many others in this situation. She will know, too, that I listened to…01 Nov 2022HANSARDMoving Patients into Social CareI am sure the hon. Member heard the answer I gave a moment ago to a similar question. I absolutely acknowledge the challenge of discharges. The challenge is nothing new, but it…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have shared my hon. Friend’s concern about this issue in the past, and I know he has taken a long-term interest in it. We must ensure that people living with dementia are…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSadly, cancer takes far too many people before their time, and the Government are determined to improve cancer outcomes in the short term and the long term. I am very happy to…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsCare workers should be properly paid for what they do, the skills they bring and the compassion they bring to their work. That includes being paid at least the national living…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that my hon. Friend has a real understanding of this particular challenge. In March 2022, NHS England launched an aortic dissection toolkit to support the implementation of…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to commend the work of the Stroke Association, and I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this further.01 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Adult Social Care Information (Enforcement) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Adult Social Care Information (Enforcement) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir…31 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Adult Social Care Information (Enforcement) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish for his welcome and his comments about this legislation; I am glad to hear that he considers it sensible and that the Opposition…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsI would say that it is a rare Minister who welcomes a debate on day one following their appointment, but truly I do welcome this particular debate because it is so important.…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsI thank my right hon. Friend for making that point, which we have heard from others in the Chamber. Visiting is not just a “nice to have”, as we have just heard—all the stories we…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsIf the hon. Member will bear with me, I am getting to the third of the three considerations, which is what can be done. On that point, back in April 2021, I was questioned by…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsI am short of time—I have two minutes —so if my right hon. Friend will allow me, I will continue. However, we cannot continue to have a situation in which families and friends are…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ13. I welcome my right hon. Friend’s determination to be straight with people about the challenges that we face as a country. Last week, the Care Quality Commission’s report “The…26 Oct 2022HANSARDRural Broadband6. What steps her Department is taking to expand broadband coverage to rural areas.20 Oct 2022HANSARDRural BroadbandMy constituents in Throwley and Wichling were incredibly disappointed to find that their bids for gigabit vouchers were unsuccessful, especially after they worked so hard to…20 Oct 2022HANSARDEast Kent Maternity Services: Independent InvestigationI thank my hon. Friend for her statement, and particularly for the tone in which she made it. Dr Kirkup’s report is harrowing reading, but nothing compared with the harrowing…20 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportI looked at these schemes as Exchequer Secretary in the Treasury, and my right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the complexity of helping people who are off grid, as well as…19 Oct 2022