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HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: HospitalsWe have given guidance and are making sure that everyone understands exactly what they should be doing across the estate, whether we are the landlord or not. Clearly, there is a…13 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: HospitalsI hope and trust that most of us would think that it was sensible to prioritise the RAAC hospitals. That meant that we had to move some others to the right-hand side of the budget…13 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: HospitalsThree of those have already had the RAAC eliminated from them. The remaining ones are part of the programme and the commitment to have their RAAC eradicated by 2035, but in the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarYes, the noble Baroness is absolutely correct, and that is why in the major conditions survey we have an ambition to reduce sugar intake by 20%, working right across the board and…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersA record number of staff are working in the NHS, including more than 6,000 more doctors and more than 16,400 more nurses than last year. We have backed the NHS long-term workforce…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersThe whole House will, I think, recognise that we have extensive plans that are, as I said, backed by £2.4 billion. That is what the long-term workforce plan was all about. There…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersI thank my noble friend. Like all of us, I am sure, I was appalled to hear about that study. The most fundamental purpose of any employer is the safety and well-being of their…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersI believe that the whole point of the workforce plan is that every couple of years there is a review of our progress against it and how it needs to be adapted, since it is a…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersIn every area, anaesthetists being a very good example, we need to be looking at where the bottlenecks are and moving to free up those situations. I think we would all agree that…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersMy first point on that is to ask what the real facts are. Five years on from qualification, around 95% of doctors are still registered with the General Medical Council and still…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersYes, I am aware of this. Health spending equates to roughly 11% of the GDP of our country. Not surprisingly, the number of people in the workforce reflect that. It is absolutely…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersThe noble Baroness is absolutely correct: a workforce plan needs to be backed up with the physical real estate to deliver it. As noble Lords are aware, I am responsible for the…12 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: Staff NumbersAs I say, the long-term workforce plan puts this on the right footing, going forward. There are big increases in the number of staff, so it is not like we have not been working…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarThe Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition undertook a comprehensive assessment of sugar intake and health in its 2015 report Carbohydrates and Health . In 2023, it looked…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarI think one of the things that, hopefully, I have learned in the almost year that I have been answering Questions is when I know the answer to a question and when I do not. I am…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarFirst, I recognise all the work the noble Lord does in this space. Secondly, I completely agree that reformulation is the big prize as part of this. The House will remember me…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarThe noble Lord is correct; that has been a success story. Overall, we have seen a 46% reduction of sugar, while at the same time sales of drinks in that category have gone up by…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarThe noble Baroness is absolutely correct. What we give children in schools is a key thing that the Government can affect. That is why I am delighted that the level of free school…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarMy understanding—and I will confirm this afterwards—is that, to begin with, always with these sorts of treatments, you want to make sure that you are doing it in a safer type of…12 Sept 2023HANSARDChildren’s Health: SugarMany noble Lords will recall the Question we had on this before. It is the actual ingredients that are the problem. Ultra-processed foods, in and of themselves, are not a good…12 Sept 2023