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HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsI will need to come back in writing to my noble friend on this. I take this opportunity to thank him for his work on the Times Health Commission and for generally pushing forward…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsAbsolutely. These are all key parts of a good, healthy lifestyle for mind and body—for mental health as well. Social prescribing is important for all this as well.06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsI am not quite sure that I agree with the word “refuse”, but I agree with the noble Lord that healthy food in all environments is a good thing. I know that the delay happened…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsYes. Those are all key measures that we need to take and, I like to think, are making progress on. I thank the noble Baroness for her work and all the noble Lords who have been…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsYes. I thank my noble friend. Prevention is absolutely key, as is tackling things such as smoking—the smoke-free legislation will do this for a new generation—obesity, and high…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsFirst, I am happy to commit on the data front, because data and giving results always shine a light and will always help in these situations. On outreach to all these communities,…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsI agree with the noble Lord. We violently agree that it is all about early detection. That is why we have not just put it in pharmacies but have had mobile units going to leisure…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsI thank the noble Baroness and draw attention to my register of interests: I am a shareholder in a small health company that does high-end heart tests for the private sector. It…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsThe Government are committed to reducing premature deaths from cardiovascular disease. The NHS long-term plan aims to prevent 150,000 heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases by…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesYes, this very much applies to sports, and it goes to the whole social prescribing space and the role of physios. I know that physios are listed in the 15 professional groups we…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesI apologise: I am not quite sure what kind of therapists the noble Baroness is referring to.06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesFirst, on the long-term workforce plan, yes, we want to increase the number of allied health professionals by 25% by 2030. We see a lot of that group—some 20%—coming through via…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesI suspect that we are starting to get on to the debate we will have shortly on physician and anaesthetist associates. In both cases there is definitely a role for them, because we…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesYes, I will happily undertake to do that. There are a couple of mechanisms we can use. We can give them an independent prescribing ability, or we can give patient group directions…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesI will need to get back to the noble Baroness on the precise timeline. We have an SI debate taking place shortly on physician associates, and a key step is that first, you have to…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesIt will not surprise noble Lords to know that I am totally in favour of the digital project and having this information available in one source. With Pharmacy First, in a matter…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesI agree with my noble friend that not only are they the pillar of communities, but they are the front line in a lot of health services. This is about trying to put more business…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesYes, because the noble Lord is correct: it should not take so long. We all agree with the approach. So noble Lords understand, there is a two-step process. First, the body to…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesI thank the noble Lord for his question and absolutely agree with the direction of travel. We are keen that every clinician should work at the top of their profession, and to…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesIn September 2023, we completed two consultations to amend the Human Medicines Regulations to enable dental therapists, dental hygienists and pharmacy technicians to supply and…06 Feb 2024