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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersMy Lords, following the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report regarding the tragic death of Averil Hart, the Department of Health and Social Care has been engaging…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersThe noble Baroness raises a very important point about how we identify the issues and tackle them. It is two-pronged: one way is about the amount of investment into mental health…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on these amendments in this debate and in Committee, but I am also grateful for the discussions that we have had between…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThat is a very wise suggestion by the noble Baroness, and I will acquiesce to it.01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersThis is an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of Beat and to remind noble Lords that it is Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and we should be aware of these issues. One of…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersThe noble Lord is absolutely right; it is not just about understanding the issue but resolving it. Before the pandemic, we were meeting the targets of ensuring that people with…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersAs a result of the work that has been undertaken in response to the report, and in conjunction with Beat and many other stakeholders, we are looking at the issues. First, we are…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersI think the noble Baroness is being unfair in suggesting that the Government are not taking this issue seriously. In the conversations that I have had in the lead-up to this…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersThe noble Baroness’s suggestions are reasonable, and I think that many noble Lords would agree that it is important that we tackle this on a number of levels. For example, under…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEating DisordersThere are number of areas—not only eating disorders but elsewhere—where people are often concerned about that transition from children’s services to adult services. We are looking…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I once again thank not only noble Lords who spoke in this debate but those who engaged with us throughout the process. As the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, said, if the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, in moving Amendments 4, I shall also speak to Amendments 23, 58 and 79 in my name. Before I start, I really should acknowledge the contribution and engagement of a few…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken thus far in this debate. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for expressing her confidence in my ability to…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, despite what the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, said at the beginning about this perhaps being the end of the harmonious start to our debates so far, I feel that this…01 Mar 2022