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HANSARDNHS Workforce: Sickness AbsenceThe 10-year health plan committed to our ambition to reduce sickness absence from 5.1%, which it was in July 2025, to the lowest recorded level in the NHS, at approximately 4.1%.…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Workforce: Sickness AbsenceThis Government are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our hard-working NHS staff, and we have set an ambition to reduce sickness absence to its lowest recorded…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Workforce: Sickness AbsenceI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right to point to the record investment that this Labour Government are putting in, not just for the day-to-day running of…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Trusts: Digital InfrastructureThis Government will invest up to £10 billion in NHS technology and transformation by 2028-29. That includes ambient voice technology, which supports doctors to write up notes…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Trusts: Digital InfrastructureI put it on the record that my hon. Friend has been a most determined advocate for patients and staff at the North West Anglia NHS foundation trust, who clearly deserve better IT…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Trusts: Digital InfrastructureThe hon. Lady makes a very compelling case for the investment that we are putting in to transform digital infrastructure in the NHS, because the single patient record—introduced…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that important point and drawing attention to the impacts that iodine deficiency can have. I am happy to look into the matter further and respond…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS AccountabilityThe Health Bill, which is going through Parliament now, will restore clear accountability to the NHS. By abolishing NHS England, we are ending the confusion created by having two…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS AccountabilityI think it is fair to say that while Healthwatch has in some areas played an important role, it has fundamentally separated those listening to patients from those who have the…14 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS AccountabilityI thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising that important point. While I understand that the amendments he tabled will not be voted on today, they raise an important issue that…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs you know, Mr Speaker, the Minister for Secondary Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth), is not here this morning as she is attending the graduation of…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe want to improve the NHS estate across the country, and that is why we are increasing capital investment to £15 billion a year by 2028-29. I am happy to write to the hon. Lady…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the situation. Clearly, we should ensure that NHS rooms are being used for the benefit of patients. On that specific case, I understand that…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud of the fact that the waiting list for NHS services is more than 340,000 less than when we took office two years ago. People are being treated faster than ever before,…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe vast majority of people who come off the waiting list do so because they are receiving the care they need. I am confused: is the right hon. Gentleman advocating that people…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are determined to reduce waiting times across the country. Where there are cases of individual hospitals or trusts like the case my hon. Friend mentioned, we will send in teams…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady will know, I have committed to introducing a maternity and neonatal commissioner. I will meet the national taskforce, which I chair, later this afternoon to…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this long-standing campaign, which I know is of great interest to many people in the Chamber. I welcome the fact that the trust, as I understand…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe want to ensure that hospitals in our new hospitals programme across the country are built as quickly as possible. We inherited a programme where there was no funding to deliver…14 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsOfficials at the Department of Health and Social Care are looking closely at that matter, and will publish the Government response in due course.14 Jul 2026