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HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewThe noble Baroness raises a very important point: we should look at this more globally, not just look at our country’s drug strategy in isolation. Various departments across…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewI thank my noble friend for the question and the point he made so forcefully. In January, the Government announced a £148 million crime package for 2021-22, which has been…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewIn September 2020, Kit Malthouse and Jo Churchill, the then Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care, co-chaired a UK ministerial meeting focusing on UK-wide…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewThe Government will answer all the recommendations in Dame Carol Black’s review by the end of the year. In response to the noble Baroness’s specific question, I shall write to her.19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewThe Government will respond to the Dame Carol Black review by the end of the year, and that includes how much funding will be committed. The Government are committed to looking at…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsI sympathise with the case that the noble Baroness communicated. It is important that GPs and patients work that relationship out between themselves. If a patient asks for a…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsI thank the noble Baroness for sharing her expertise in this area, and absolutely agree with the question she asked. I do not have the details of the training of GPs to make sure…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewI thank the noble Baroness for her question; we have known each other for a number of years, and I have always admired the work she has done in local communities in Tower Hamlets.…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsMy Lords, I am happy to agree with the sentiment in the question from my noble friend, but it is important to make sure that we are not overly prescriptive. Patients sometimes…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewThe Government have committed to answering in full the recommendations of Dame Carol Black’s review. In terms of joined-up thinking across government, the Government established…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewI thank my noble friend for reminding us of the third option—or the third way, as some might say. It is really important that we consider all views, and I have read, over the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewThe Government have committed to giving a full response to Dame Carol Black’s review by the end of the year and have already taken action. Since part 1 of her review, the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDrugs: Black ReviewI thank the noble Baroness for her question and for her point that it is important to continue to invest in drug treatment services, but also to make sure that we stop drug users…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsI thank the noble Lord for his warm welcome to me in my new role. As other noble Lords have expressed, it is really important to make sure that the relationship between patient…19 Oct 2021HANSARDGPs: In-person AppointmentsI think we all agree that we should appreciate the work that GPs did during Covid; they were often the front line. It is important that we continue to make sure that we recruit…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHIV Action PlanI am afraid I do not have a detailed answer to the question from the noble Baroness, but I commit to write to her.18 Oct 2021HANSARDHIV Action PlanAs the noble Lord says, in March 2020 the Government announced that the HIV prevention drug PrEP would be routinely available across England in 2020-21. It is now routinely…18 Oct 2021HANSARDHIV Action PlanI thank my noble friend for his question. The four features he referred to are aligned with the independent HIV Commission’s recommendations. The Government have welcomed the HIV…18 Oct 2021HANSARDHIV Action PlanI thank the noble Baroness for her question. The department is currently developing a new sexual and reproductive health strategy and an HIV action plan, as she referred to. We…18 Oct 2021HANSARDHIV Action PlanThe Government remain committed to reaching zero new HIV transmissions in England by 2030, and we continue to make good progress towards this target. In September, the Government…18 Oct 2021