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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend does an excellent job in her constituency. I meet her regularly to discuss issues in her constituency, and I am very happy to discuss the provision of urgent care…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that there have been issues with the urgent emergency care response. We are absolutely committed to supporting ambulance trusts to continually improve the patient…21 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeThe Conservative Government’s promise of 40 new hospitals by 2030 was a fantasy—there was no funding beyond last March. In January, we published a realistic plan that put the…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Healthcare: BoltonIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms Lewell. It was a valiant effort from the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) to raise things such as…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Healthcare: BoltonThe shadow Minister opens up a discussion that could take some time. Clearly, practices regularly manage emergency situations. The system that we have put in place aims to make…15 Oct 2025HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateI would like to inform the House of several updates from the Department of Health and Social Care over the conference recess. National Commission on the Regulation of A rtificial…13 Oct 2025HANSARDIndependent National Maternity and Neonatal InvestigationI am announcing today the 14 hospital trusts that will be looked at as part of a rapid, independent, national investigation into maternity and neonatal services. In June, the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDNon-surgical Aesthetic and Cosmetic TreatmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley Thomas) for securing today’s debate on this…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Urgent Care Centres: HillingdonI am grateful to the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds) for securing this debate. He mentioned that his wife works in the system, so I pay tribute to…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Urgent Care Centres: HillingdonI will comment on that later. I understand that there is a meeting on Friday, to which I will allude. In preparing for the debate, I met representatives of the trust, and I am…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Urgent Care Centres: HillingdonI agree with my hon. Friend that that is the direction of travel that we want to see in all of our constituencies across the country. The long-promised rebuild of Hillingdon…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Urgent Care Centres: HillingdonI understand what the right hon. Gentleman says. I have seen some of those promises made and not delivered over many years. It is important that Members of Parliament are involved…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Urgent Care Centres: HillingdonI am going to pursue this point, if I may. Debates about service changes and reconfigurations have gone on since the birth of our NHS. I understand that they are really important…10 Sept 2025HANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: Running Costs and Boundary Alignment with Strategic AuthoritiesToday I am updating the House on progress towards reducing the running costs of integrated care boards and the Government’s ambition to align the boundaries of integrated care…09 Sept 2025HANSARDNHS Performance Data Tool and NHS Trust League TablesI am updating the House about the publication of a data tool and league tables that make NHS performance under the NHS oversight framework open and accessible. This delivers a…09 Sept 2025HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccination HarmThe hon. Gentleman tempts me to give more details, which I cannot do today. But I will take back to the Department that broader request for timelines and what things are being…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccination HarmIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Ms Lewell. I am speaking today on behalf of the Minister for public health and prevention, my hon. Friend the…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccination HarmThe hon. Gentleman is of course a very experienced campaigner, and he asks his question absolutely appropriately. I know that my hon. Friend the public health Minister is very…03 Sept 2025HANSARD10-Year Health Plan: Perinatal Mental HealthThe hon. Lady has raised a really important issue. She highlights the work that the Secretary of State is putting in place to address these issues and finally bring all that…22 Jul 2025HANSARDElectronic Patient Record SystemsMy hon. Friend will know that trusts have responsibility for securing—using the approved procurement framework—an appropriate electronic patient record system that delivers all…22 Jul 2025