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HANSARDNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceI thank my noble friend for the question but also for highlighting the fact that NICE is trying to change the way it works to be more flexible and responsive. The new…23 May 2022HANSARDPharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors—Hospital and Other Pharmacy Services) Order 2022I begin by thanking noble Lords for their questions. I shall try to answer as many as I can and, in the usual way, if I have missed any of them, I will go through Hansard and make…23 May 2022HANSARDNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceThe noble Lord makes a very important point. One of the things we are looking at, so that we will not only be a centre for life sciences but make sure that our NHS is at the…23 May 2022HANSARDLong CovidThe noble Baroness emphasises just how wide, varying and diverse the symptoms of long Covid are. We know that children and young people can develop long Covid, just as adults can.…23 May 2022HANSARDLong CovidThe noble Baroness makes an important point because there have been some reports that patients feel that GPs have not taken their concerns seriously. In response, NHS England has…23 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesAs the noble Baroness will be aware, during the debates on the Health and Social Care Bill, we made quite clear the different approaches to the workforce strategy. Indeed, Health…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesI assure the noble Baroness that I am only too happy to answer the Question standing in her name. The Government value the use of robust international comparisons to help improve…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesI should refer Members to my interests. When I thought I had retired from politics a couple of years ago, I took up two posts: one as a professor of politics and international…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesI regularly read recommendations from NICE, as do the relevant policy officials. Yesterday, for example, I was asked to the review the NICE business plan for the next few years,…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesThe Government are doing a lot on the anti-obesity strategy in conjunction with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. We have brought together a number of issues. We…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesWhen one looks at these reports, one sees that one area where the UK clearly needs to improve is on cancer. One of the great issues of this is diagnosis. As many noble Lords will…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesI appreciate the fact that the noble Lord has had his spring booster. I would love to take some credit for it, but that must go to our wonderful health and care staff and how they…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesMy noble friend makes an important point. When you look at the Civitas report, there are a number of statistics where the UK does quite well, but they were not always highlighted.…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesWhen we looked at the statistics, which clearly included data from the OECD, some were repeated from the Civitas report, which ranked the UK as quite good in some places and as…19 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesI had a meeting only a few days ago with the person responsible for primary care—a doctor herself. One of the issues we discussed is how we make more effective use of different…19 May 2022HANSARDSt George’s Hospital: Patient DeathsLet me begin by agreeing with the noble Baroness on how important it is to recognise the impact that this has had on the bereaved families, and the uncertainty they have…18 May 2022HANSARDSt George’s Hospital: Patient DeathsThe noble and right reverend Lord raises a number of important points about consistency and the number of investigations. Their remits are often different, which can confuse the…18 May 2022HANSARDSt George’s Hospital: Patient DeathsNHS England and Improvement will review the coroner’s prevention of future death reports and respond within the agreed timescales. The coroner’s investigations are ongoing. The…18 May 2022HANSARDSt George’s Hospital: Patient DeathsI understand the premise behind the assertion and the Question but, as I explained to the noble Lord yesterday, a number of issues are ongoing—the coroner’s inquest, an employment…18 May 2022HANSARDSt George’s Hospital: Patient DeathsThe noble Baroness clearly draws on her own experience of this. First, we have to wait for all the coroners’ inquests to finish; I think 36 have been completed at the moment.…18 May 2022