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HANSARDNHS Urgent and Emergency CareWhat we see at the front end of the system is a result of the deterioration throughout the system, and the flow of patients from the community, through discharge and, indeed,…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Urgent and Emergency CareMy hon. Friend has highlighted an issue that is often overlooked. Homelessness has risen to shocking levels in the last 14 years. When it was addressed under the last Labour…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Urgent and Emergency CareI thank the hon. Gentleman for his good wishes. It is, indeed, a huge task we have before us. We will maintain ambulance capacity throughout this winter. He makes a valuable point…15 Oct 2024HANSARDHealth Outcomes: East MidlandsLord Darzi’s report concluded that the health service is in a critical condition across the country, including in the east midlands, where healthy life expectancy has declined in…15 Oct 2024HANSARDHealth Outcomes: East MidlandsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for helping to underline the shocking inheritance from the previous Government. He is absolutely right. We are committed to cutting waiting times…15 Oct 2024HANSARDBaby Loss Certificates ExtensionMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health (Baroness Merron) has made the following statement: I wish to inform the House…10 Oct 2024HANSARDCass ReviewThe Cass review is a robust report backed by clinicians and firmly grounded in evidence. The Government and NHS England will be implementing Dr Cass’s recommendations in full, so…09 Oct 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: GloucestershireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. With your leave, I will start with a few words to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week. Many mums and dads across the…09 Oct 2024HANSARDCass ReviewThe Secretary of State has met the leaders of all the devolved Administrations to discuss our intention to work with them very closely across all issues that come under our…09 Oct 2024HANSARDCass ReviewAs I said in my original answer, the Government are absolutely committed to implementing all of Dr Cass’s evidence-based review in full.09 Oct 2024HANSARDCass ReviewI cannot reiterate any more strongly than I have that this Government are absolutely committed to implementing the Cass review’s evidence-based recommendations in full.09 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI thank all Members for their contributions to this debate. We should all be grateful to Lord Darzi for his rapid and comprehensive review, although we still do not seem to know…07 Oct 2024HANSARD MedicinesI beg to move, That the draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Naloxone and Transfers of Functions) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 29 July, be…09 Sept 2024HANSARD MedicinesI understand that there are some concerns about that issue, and we will make sure that the hon. Member receives a full answer from my hon. Friend the public health Minister. In…09 Sept 2024HANSARD MedicinesThis evening, I am standing in for my hon. Friend the public health Minister, who could not be here. I might offer to stand in again, such has been the rare outbreak of unanimity…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPreventable Baby LossIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and to speak for the Government in this important and moving debate. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHealthcare Provision: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I will try not to be too evasive, and to be pleasant. On his latter point, the hon. Member for Runnymede and…03 Sept 2024HANSARDHealthcare Provision: East of EnglandI will come on to those hospitals. As hon. Members will appreciate, we are in the early days of this, so “We will come back to people” may do a bit of lifting—I apologise for…03 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend to the House. He makes an incredibly important point about this very stressful time, particularly for women, in his area. We will listen to women and…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point about the stress that people face when waiting, and we have talked about the disaster of the past 14 years. People with potentially…23 Jul 2024