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HANSARDEradicating Modern Slavery: NHS Supply ChainsAn estimated 50 million people live in modern slavery across the world. Modern slavery exists in every country, including the UK, with instances of forced and child labour…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Hospital EquipmentMy hon. Friend lays bare an important issue. We all know, and critically, staff know, that we are asking them to do the most incredible job with outdated technology. It is bad for…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department has been working with suppliers of medicines used to treat ADHD to seek commitments from them to address the issues, expedite deliveries and boost supplies. We are…19 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Hospital EquipmentThe hon. Lady highlights the important matter of the lifetime of some of the machines, which we are finally addressing after the last 14 years of not addressing issues that…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend highlights a shocking example of inaccessibility in these important services. I will make sure that the Department responds to him and that either me or a…19 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Hospital EquipmentThe Darzi review made it absolutely clear that the NHS has been starved of capital. It is 15 years behind the private sector in its use of technology and we have fewer scanners…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point on behalf of Rachel and many other women suffering from this disease. We are looking urgently at gynaecological waiting lists. They are far…19 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI am so pleased to see my hon. Friend in her place. As I said to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan), the SNP has been in charge of Scotland for…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareThe hon. Lady tempts me to make specific commitments, which I am not prepared to do, as I am sure she understands. She is right that people are expressing concerns about some of…14 Nov 2024HANSARDRespiratory HealthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell, for the first time in my new role. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareAs the hon. Gentleman knows, health and social care is a devolved issue. We will continue to work closely with all the devolved areas, because we think that that is important,…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareThe hon. Gentleman may or may not think that this is political knockabout, but I was very clear in my opening statement that we understand the pressures that the sector is under.…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI am sure that all those hospices, which do great work, were also in touch with the hon. Lady when she was part of the previous Government. She will know from her time on the…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point about pharmacies. We absolutely understand their importance, both in urban constituencies such as mine and in rural areas. I remember…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI am not abreast of all the Health Secretary’s tweets and the responses to them, but Caroline makes a point that has been made by many people in the Chamber today, as well as a…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI understand the concerns of the providers that have come to the hon. Gentleman, and he is right to raise them in this place. As he knows, health and social care is devolved to…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI agree with the right hon. Gentleman that his hospice, and the hospices in many of our constituencies, do great work. We are aware of the precarious situation that they have been…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareMy hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to the House from her work in social care, so she knows and understands the precarious nature of the sector, which we cannot stress…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI assure the hon. Gentleman that since we were elected, the Government have already taken action to secure extra investment in the health and social care system, and we are…14 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and for supporting his local hospice. He is an experienced parliamentarian; he knows that this is not simple and that the provider…14 Nov 2024