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HANSARDSt 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 DeathsThe noble Baroness raises a very important question, and it was one of the questions I asked when I was being briefed on this. Unfortunately, when HSIB was established, it did not…18 May 2022HANSARDSt George’s Hospital: Patient DeathsMy noble friend makes very important points which I am sure many noble Lords will agree with. It is about understanding what went wrong in places and learning from that. NHS…18 May 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsThe noble Lord clearly discusses an important point: we have to have the appropriate workforce. The Government have begun a register of social care to work out who is in the…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsI thank the noble Baroness for the question and for repeating the fact that you can find problems in the independent sector and in NHS providers. What is really important is that…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsI should remind noble Lords that the noble Baroness said that she was not against private provision out of principle. Private provision can be very helpful and has always worked…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsNon-NHS providers have always played a role in delivering NHS services for patients since the founding of the NHS. The CQC regulates both NHS and independent providers to deliver…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsThe noble Baroness makes an important point about how we ensure that those who require services in their community receive them, while ensuring that we have the appropriate…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsCan I begin by—if my information is correct—wishing the noble Lord a happy birthday? If it is not his birthday, I have made a fool of myself. I am sure all the House joins me.…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsI begin, if noble Lords will allow me, by paying tribute to the noble Baroness for her doughty and robust opposition, but also for the advice when I was a new Minister suddenly…28 Apr 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsI thank the noble Baroness for sharing her very personal story. It is important that we understand it is more than stats and figures, which are provided to me by the department.…28 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I will turn to the issues as briefly and succinctly as I can. On workforce planning, I hope I can assure noble Lords that…26 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 29B, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 29C.26 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 48B, to which the Commons have disagreed; and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 48C in lieu.26 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, in moving Motion A, I will also speak to Motions B, C and D. The amendments being considered today relate to the NHS workforce,…26 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThat this House do not insist on Lords Amendment 80 in respect of which the Commons have insisted on their disagreement; do not insist on its disagreement with the Commons in…26 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI have already spoken to Motion D. I beg to move. Motion D1 (as an amendment to Motion D)26 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 30B and 108B, to which the Commons have disagreed; and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 30C to 30K in lieu.26 Apr 2022HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationI think the noble Baroness is being a little unfair. It is quite clear that some of the delay has been due to elections, particularly when it has been necessary to consult across…06 Apr 2022HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationI understand the complete frustration with the delays. When I asked the departmental officials about them, they said, “Funnily enough, usually we are people who support democracy,…06 Apr 2022