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HANSARDNHS Staff PayI disagree with the hon. Member about what he just said—as I said, we are committed to giving NHS staff a pay rise—but he actually made a really important point when he talked…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayThe process begins with the Secretary of State sending the pay review body a letter to set up its remit, which was done in December. We then submitted our evidence to the pay…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayI agree: our NHS workforce—in fact, our whole health and social care workforce—have done a phenomenal job through the pandemic and, we should not forget, continue to do so. I will…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayThis pandemic has asked so much of our health and care system. The whole country recognises how our NHS workforce have performed with distinction and gone the extra mile…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayI thank the shadow Secretary of State for his welcome. As it is International Women’s Day, it is a shame that he does not have a female colleague by his side at the Dispatch Box.08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayMy apologies, Mr Speaker. I do not think that we should play politics with these very serious questions as we come through a pandemic that has hit us and the world so hard, when…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The NHS workforce is the exception to the pay freeze for the wider public sector, recognising the huge amount of work done and the lengths they…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayThe first thing I would say to the hon. Member is that the test and trace programme is doing a truly phenomenal job. The other thing I would say is that in the pandemic what we…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayI am somewhat surprised by the language the hon. Lady used around 1%, because a 1% pay rise for this large number of staff will cost around three quarters of a billion pounds. She…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. He mentions the 2.1% increase within the long-term plan. That figure covers not only this pay rise for the NHS workforce, but the…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayAs I say, this discussion is against the backdrop of many people receiving a pay cut in parts of our economy, people losing their jobs and a wider pay freeze in the public sector.…08 Mar 2021HANSARDSafety of UK Plasma for Fractionation to Make Immunoglobulins: Revised AdviceI would like to inform the House that the Government have decided to allow the use of UK sourced plasma for the manufacture of immunoglobulins. In the wake of the bovine…25 Feb 2021HANSARDInternational Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel: Code of PracticeI am announcing today the publication of the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel. The new code represents an important…25 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Health and Social Care WorkforceI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I can tell him that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a guideline on vitamin D for covid in December. Its…23 Feb 2021HANSARDLiver Disease Treatment PathwaysThe NHS is working to improve care for patients with all types of liver disease. Development and improvement of clinical care is supported via NHS England’s hepatobiliary clinical…23 Feb 2021HANSARDLiver Disease Treatment PathwaysLast autumn’s spending review included £1 billion of funding to address backlogs, tackle long waiting lists and support up to 1 million extra checks, scans and additional…23 Feb 2021HANSARDAdult Social Care FundingI agree that we need a sustainably funded social care system. I know that my hon. Friend is very well informed about the options. We are committed to taking forward social care…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Family VisitsThe hon. Member is right to say that visiting at the moment involves extra staffing—for instance, staff to supervise visits and to support the testing that we will be bringing in…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Family VisitsThroughout the pandemic, we have had to strike a balance between protecting people from this cruel virus and social contact. Nowhere has this been harder than in care homes. That…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCare Homes: Family VisitsThe hon. Member makes an important point. We have been clear that we want to see care homes enabling visiting. We recognise that care homes are having to strike a balance between…23 Feb 2021