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HANSARDNHS Capital SpendingNo, I will not, because I want to get through my final comments. We put the new hospital programme on a sustainable footing. I understand that local people across the country were…04 Mar 2026HANSARDNHS Capital SpendingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I thank colleagues for their kind remarks about my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton). We…04 Mar 2026HANSARDNHS Capital SpendingThe Chancellor has made her key decision to put us back on track, announcing in the Budget that capital health spending would increase by £15.2 billion by the end of the spending…04 Mar 2026HANSARD North Middlesex Hospital Accident and Emergency Services: Cancer PatientsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill (Kate Osamor) for securing the debate. I echo her…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a really important point about how important DEXA scans are for osteoporosis, particularly for women. We have already expanded DEXA scans across the country…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend highlights an important point about the need to have further roll-outs of CDCs, particularly for communities such as hers. We are expanding those and expanding the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI understand the issues that the hon. Gentleman and many other Members, such as my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn), have raised in Grimsby…24 Feb 2026HANSARDMenopause Diagnosis: LondonIt should not be so difficult for women to get a diagnosis for a condition that every single one of us goes through. That is why this Government took a landmark step forward by…24 Feb 2026HANSARDMenopause Diagnosis: LondonMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point that many of us will, unfortunately, recognise. We need to address variability in training, through the NHS health checks and training that…24 Feb 2026HANSARDMenopause Diagnosis: LondonThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point about supply and availability across the country, which is something we monitor regularly to ensure that if there is a shortage of a…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAmbulance Response TimesWe now have ambulances arriving faster, but we know there is much more to do. We have taken action to reduce handover delays by introducing release-to-rescue 45-minute handovers,…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAmbulance Response TimesI commend my hon. Friend for visiting her ambulance service, as many hon. Members do, to understand the pressures they are working under. It is a useful visit to understand those…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAmbulance Response TimesI commend the hon. Member for going out with her crews. One of the reasons we have been so successful this year in improving the services is by looking at things such as where…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to discuss that issue with my hon. Friend. We are determined to have co-located UTCs; I know that that is a matter for the local commissioner, but I am happy to talk…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Private Finance InitiativesThe health PFI programme between 1992 and 2015 delivered 126 new acute facilities for the NHS, and over £12 billion of investment in the estate. NHS PFI contracts are held by…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Private Finance InitiativesMy hon. Friend highlights an important example, where something is clearly not going well. The Department is working with the team at Alder Hey to help rectify some of those…24 Feb 2026HANSARDHughes Report: Second AnniversaryI want to address the main concerns and, as I said, the Under-Secretary of State is very keen to talk with Members and campaigners. We remain committed to working alongside Dr…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Rural GPs: FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) for securing the debate and raising a critical issue that I know…11 Feb 2026HANSARDHughes Report: Second AnniversaryI will give way first to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.11 Feb 2026HANSARDHughes Report: Second AnniversaryI will continue, if I may. On non-financial redress, the Department is committed to meeting the needs of current patients with clinical requirements via three principal avenues.…11 Feb 2026