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HANSARD Yeovil Hospital: Maternity UnitI am of course aware of that, because I lead on the new hospital programme. The Government are committed to a clear timetable for the programme, which includes Musgrove Park. In…03 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI thank the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson); I could not have asked for a better set-up. I pay great tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby…22 May 2025HANSARD GP Services: ChristchurchAs I said, decisions about how the additional costs are borne and the resilience of the rest of primary care in the area are for the ICB. It has been very clear that that is not…20 May 2025HANSARD GP Services: ChristchurchI will not, because the hon. Member for Christchurch wants me to answer his questions. We are working closely with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local…20 May 2025HANSARD GP Services: ChristchurchI could talk for a long time about the accountability of health services, but we do not have time for that. The legislation, as set up by the previous Government and others, is…20 May 2025HANSARD GP Services: ChristchurchIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) for raising GP surgeries, which is a…20 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceThe hon. Lady is right to highlight the tremendous effort that went into establishing the programme very quickly at a time of great crisis, and to thank the hundreds of thousands…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceI am happy to give my hon. Friend an absolute assurance. Volunteers support and complement the existing workforce; they do not replace it. Including volunteers signals a…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceI thank the hon. Lady for her work volunteering and supporting the scheme during covid. The announcement is about NHS England. The organisation will continue to work with the NHS…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceThis is a good opportunity, which I very much welcome, to highlight again how important volunteering is to the NHS and the care system. It will remain an important part of our…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceI agree with the hon. Lady about the roles that people play, particularly by having conversations and connecting with people who feel disconnected. To be very clear, this decision…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceI thank my hon. Friend for her work, expertise and knowledge. She is absolutely right—she almost pre-empted my answer—that embedding knowledge where it is needed in the frontline…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceI am afraid that I have to disagree with the hon. Gentleman—it is not muddled. The analysis undertaken by NHS England indicates that the current system is not providing good value…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceWell, we could— [ Interruption. ] Sorry, the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) is chuntering from a sedentary position. I partly agree with my hon. Friend.…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceThe hon. Lady makes an important point: it is important to make sure that people do not suffer from changes and that the impact is minimised. As I said, the programme was not…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We want to make sure that people in her constituency and all our constituencies who have volunteered or who want to—those who perhaps could not…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point on behalf of his community, as well as rural communities more widely, about the role of volunteer drivers. We need volunteer drivers…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceI thank my hon. Friend for that contribution and her service in that role. She is absolutely right to highlight not just the people who come forward, but the people who run that…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceThe hon. Member is absolutely right. We should be clear that the NHS and the care system need people. He is right about many hospitals being a maze and the importance of that…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceWe are learning so much about each other this afternoon, are we not? I am pleased to hear that that is how my hon. Friend started her journey, and I am so impressed that she is…19 May 2025