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HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, we are of course drafting the national strategy, and we are collecting evidence on what its priorities should be. Undoubtedly, FGM should be in there; it is the most…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, my noble friend touches on two very important points. He is entirely right that mental health has previously been underrepresented in the strategies of our healthcare. I…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, the question of fragmentation does not affect women alone; it is a problem across the healthcare system. However, the noble Baroness is entirely right: some of the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyYes, I can reassure the noble Lord that the call for evidence is open to everyone aged 16 and over, which, of course, includes people with disabilities and learning disabilities.…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, as Minister for Innovation I favour using technology and the latest techniques wherever possible to provide options and choices for all patients, including women, to…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, I have previously referred to the challenge of gender-comprehensive clinical trials. There is growing evidence that drug prescriptions should be personalised a great…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy noble friend makes her case extremely powerfully, and the numbers she cites are extremely persuasive. I do not have a full brief on the treatment of abortion complication…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyThe noble Baroness is way ahead of me on that extremely specific point. I would be very happy to understand it more clearly, and if she could write to me with the details, I would…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, we are largely inviting written submissions from individuals and organisations with expertise in women’s health. It is envisaged that this could largely be done either…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am enormously grateful for the questions from both the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornton and Lady Brinton. I start by echoing both their tributes to those involved in…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I disagree completely with the noble Lord’s first point. The vaccine would not have happened without AstraZeneca and the other private companies that have produced,…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I completely acknowledge the concerns of my noble friends Lord Dobbs and Lord Cormack about nosocomial infection. Undoubtedly, infections caught onsite in Britain last…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord puts it extremely well. We have four key themes in the health track of the G7. The first is pandemic preparedness in the round; the second is clinical trial…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, we would not ordinarily expect a big announcement on NHS funding at a Budget such as this, and the truth is that we are not through the woods yet. It is impossible to…04 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS: Staff Numbers after Covid-19My Lords, I am hugely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere, for securing this very important debate and I pay tribute to his campaign on this subject. I also thank…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, they are issued with a certificate. It is a digital certificate that is put in their patient record. In the modern day, that is by far the most effective way to ensure…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend is entirely right to raise the issue of regional variation. It had been our profound hope to be able to adjust and to focus lockdown arrangements on geographical…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, we are taking a leadership role in COVAX, CEPI, ACT, Gavi and all the international, multilateral initiatives to roll out vaccine around the world. We are looking at…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am not an epidemiologist who can totally nail that question, but I recognise and acknowledge completely the assumption. This disease has hit the least advantaged the…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her insightful question about the obscure but vital question of data architecture. If there is going to be one powerful legacy of…04 Mar 2021