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HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityMy Lords, long-term sickness is now the most common reason for economic inactivity among the working-age population. The number reporting being long-term sick or disabled as their…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityMy Lords, the Prime Minister tasked my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to look at workforce participation working across government. The…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityThe health and disability White Paper published in March sets out plans to transform the future system to support more disabled people to start, stay and succeed in work. We will…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityMy Lords, it is great to see the noble Lord in his place. When I saw him sat there, I had déjà vu from his green Bench in the House of Commons—he is in exactly the same place to…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityThe noble Baroness asks a difficult question that I cannot answer in full. But the Government are supporting disabled people and have done for over a decade now. It is important…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityThe noble Baroness raises an important point, and I am aware of those surveys. I am always happy to meet her.18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityI am pleased to see that the noble Lord made a fulsome recovery. He is exactly right: obesity is a global issue in the western world, and it leads to health complications that put…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityNew investment in the Spring Budget broadens access to additional work-coach support for disabled people and those with health conditions, it introduces a new supported employment…18 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityI apologise to the right reverend Prelate, but I am afraid I do not have that information to hand, so I will write to her with an answer.18 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerMy Lords, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership commissions, develops and manages the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme on behalf of NHS England, NHS…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerMy Lords, the Government are committed to supporting timely access for NHS patients to clinically effective and cost-effective new drugs, including for breast cancer. NICE is able…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerIn an answer I gave just a moment ago, I referred to the Autumn Statement—from 2022, just last autumn—providing additional funds of £3.3 billion. But on the precise question that…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerThe department has committed an additional £8 billion from 2022-23 to 2024-25, on top of the £2 billion elective recovery fund and the £700 million targeted investment fund…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerThe target within the cancer workforce plan of more than 4,000 staff members for 2016 and 2021 was exceeded by 226, with an annual growth rate of the cancer workforce of 3% to 4%.…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerMy Lords, up-to-date and accurate data is critical to finding a cure for this terrible disease. The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service works closely with hospital…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerI thank the noble and gallant Lord for that question. I do not have specific data regarding strike action, but while strike action is unhelpful, the faster diagnosis standard,…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerI can reassure the noble Lord that I asked that exact question before I came to this Dispatch Box. Unfortunately, I cannot give a definition of spring; my personal view is that…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerThe noble Lord raises a very good point, and I will feed that back to the department.09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerAbsolutely. We have provided an extra £10 million for the breast screening programme, which will provide 28 new breast screening units, targeted at areas with the greatest…09 May 2023HANSARDSecondary Metastatic Breast CancerMy Lords, the latest cancer registration data shows that secondary breast cancer accounted for 14% of the 39,871 recorded diagnoses of female breast cancers. NHS England is…09 May 2023