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HANSARDCare Home StaffingYes, I totally agree. That is why we announced this career pathway last week, to try to do exactly what the noble Lord is talking about. It has been welcomed; I quoted from ADASS,…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCare Home StaffingMy noble friend is correct that the recruitment of personal carers is harder. I know that this is close to his heart. I can probably serve him best by giving him a written reply…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCare Home StaffingThe noble Baroness is correct that the numbers are a result of flow. We are seeing thousands more people hospitalised through A&E, so the fact that we have managed to reduce the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesI quizzed the team on exactly that Times newspaper report today, because like the noble Lord, they were saying that they did not recognise the numbers that the British Generic…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationThe noble Baroness is absolutely correct. This applies to the take-up of a whole range of vaccinations—MMR is another example, as is polio. Inner cities, including London and…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesI thank the noble Lord for my proposed promotion. My noble friend Lord Moylan has also raised pancreatic cancer a number of times. To be absolutely honest, this is one of those…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationA DHSE team is working closely with the NHS, because that needs to be rolled out. Again, it depends on whether we go for the maternal option or do it via a different process with…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesActually, we recently reached a new agreement with the drug suppliers on this. I think we were all pleased to do that, and it will ensure we continue to get continuity of supply.…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesMy noble friend is correct that this so-called off-label use of these diabetes drugs for weight-loss-type treatments is causing some of the shortages she mentions. That is exactly…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesI assure the noble Lord that a specific team, the medical supply team, works to manages this across the piece. It is a complex area, as we have said. There are 1,000 notifications…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesWe find that each one is a different case in point. HRT is an example: we actually saw a 50% increase in demand for it over the last year, so suddenly that is quite a dislocation…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationThe JCVI process is similar to the NICE approach. They look through the quality-adjusted years framework and make sure that it reaches within that. That is how they came up with…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationYou have to have the data and the records so that those who you know have not been vaccinated you have to go and get specifically. In London we have been running an under-fives…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesMedicine supply chains are highly regulated and complex. Supply disruption is a common issue that affects countries all around the world. The department has a range of…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesThere are 78 medicines for ADHD, 10 of which are particularly affected. We have put export restrictions in place on that, and we are working it through so that we can hopefully…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationFirst, I thank the noble Baroness. She has been a tireless campaigner on this issue and very good—quite rightly—at holding our feet to the fire. The exciting news is that the new…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationAs I mentioned, the tender is in place with a view to rolling it out in the autumn. Whether we go for the maternal vaccination or the infant one will depend on the communication…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationMy noble friend is quite right. If we take the shingles one, we see quite a disparity. The 70 to 75 element of the programme has a 74% take- up while the 65-plus element has only…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationAs I say, we are looking to have an infant programme. It is vital in the first few weeks for babies, which is why we are doing this whole plan, thanks to the pressure and the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesI think the cap my noble friend is referring to is actually in terms of the price negotiations on the VPAG and how the rebates kick in. It is not my understanding that is…17 Jan 2024