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HANSARDPolioWe should start by being clear about what has been found. As part of routine surveillance, the MHRA analyses sewage from a number of treatment works and looks at what may be…23 Jun 2022HANSARDPolioFirst, I thank the noble Lord for his recognition of one of the challenges of ministerial office, as he will know from his own experience. It is important that we recognise that…23 Jun 2022HANSARDPolioI thank my noble friend for that question. There is routine surveillance that happens anyway. However, in this case they have detected it in more than one surveillance. Quite…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI am not entirely sure that I can give the noble Lord what he asks for, but I suggest that he asks me a Question about progress in six months’ time. Given that the noble Lord…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI apologise, I did not hear what the link was: between diabetes and what, sorry?23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeThe point is about what we learn. For example, some noble Lords will have seen stories about the impact of minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland. Clearly, it did not turn out as…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeAs my noble friend will be aware, there are always debates in scientific circles on this. There are different types of fasting regime as well. For example, during Ramadan lots of…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeThe noble Lord makes an important point. When I speak to experts, policy officials and people working on diabetes, one of the things they say is that the Government cannot reduce…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeThe noble Lord makes an important point. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is looking at a number of these areas and where the health service or the ICS locally…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for his question but what is more important is that we get people who have diabetes on to the programme in the first place. As we adjust the programme to…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeThe noble Baroness makes an important point about what we have to learn from these programmes. In many of these programmes we are in a process of discovery. You try things—some…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeOne of the NHS programmes that will be repeated by integrated care boards when we have them is the eight annual diabetes checks for people of all ages. Certain factors—HbA1c,…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for the question and pay tribute to him for his work in this area over many years. He is absolutely right. One of the challenges of this programme is that…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeData on completion rates is collected for specific reference periods. Rather than looking just at a yearly comparison, completion is analysed to understand the impact of changes…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDiabetic Prevention ProgrammeI am not entirely sure of the answer to that. I will check and write to the noble Lord.23 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Care: AdultsI am so keen to answer that question because of my own Caribbean background. In fact, my father was part of that Windrush generation. He travelled from Guyana to Trinidad in 1952,…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Care: AdultsI thank my noble friend for the question. It is a really important issue that we discussed many times not only during the passage of the Health and Care Bill but subsequently. We…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Care: AdultsI am afraid I will have to humbly disagree with the noble Lord, because this has been a problem for subsequent Governments, as we discussed during the passage of the Health and…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Care: AdultsThe noble Lord makes an important point, and the fact is that if some patients do stay in hospital too long, they can lose control of certain faculties and see muscular…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Care: AdultsI wonder if I could correct my noble friend. The Government implemented a comprehensive review of the programme on adult social care with a £5.4 billion investment over three…22 Jun 2022