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HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank my noble friend. He is absolutely correct that the benefits of water fluoridation are well proven. The consultation for the north-east of England, which will bring in 1.6…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank the noble Lord, particularly for his great knowledge and work with the GDC. I absolutely accept the basic point about the leaky bucket, for want of a better phrase; we are…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank noble Lords for their comments. First, the thing that brings us together is the desire on all sides to expand capacity. That is something that we are all behind. I hope…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank the noble Lord for his comments. I agree that we all too often see such circumstances. As many as half the children in A&E come in for reasons of problems with their…07 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 November 2023 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 6 February.07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformOn the targeting and how we are using those mobile vans, the thinking is that they will be rolled out quite quickly—in about six months or so. We are absolutely looking to target…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformMy Lords, I start by declaring my interest that my wife, who is present today, is a dentist—although she is not currently practising. With the leave of the House, I shall now…07 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My understanding of all this—again, I will tell the noble Lord to the best of my knowledge and correct it if I am wrong—is that we always used to tweak it when we were part of the…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I am probably not qualified to speak specifically about the Orbis project read-across but, at the general level, that is definitely the direction of travel, if you speak to the…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Absolutely. Clearly, we would like it both ways, for obvious reasons. There are a number of areas where we are still being open about our rules—not just to the EU but to other…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions and the spirit in which they were made in terms of helpfulness and trying to make the market as open and productive as possible. I…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am grateful to be here today to debate these important regulations. Before I begin, I draw the attention of noble Lords to my entry in the register of interests…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMedical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Medical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.06 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstAgain, it goes back to the point that, generally, we all agree that pharmacies offer an important service. Obviously, one would hope that they would be responsible; the vast…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstMy understanding is that what we are really talking about here are the seven areas where they are allowed to supply treatments and courses of drugs. I do not think there is any…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI thank the noble Baroness. Key to her first point on drug use is obviously the functionality to be able to see the whole patient record— I talked about accessing that earlier. At…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI thank the noble Lord and will answer his questions in reverse. On getting the ICBs around the table, I absolutely agree. This is seen as a key part of those initiatives and…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstMy noble friend is absolutely correct to bring that up, and that is why it is quite specific on “simple” UTIs. The devil is in the detail, but the reason behind saying simple UTIs…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI thank both noble Lords for their general welcome of what we are trying to do here. My thoughts on this are that anything that we can do to expand supply should be a good thing…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsI agree with the noble Baroness. I am sure we all agree that breastfeeding is a really healthy start to life. I think the family hubs are trying to address these sorts of matters.…06 Feb 2024