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HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusMy Lords, officials are currently developing policy options based on Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, or JCVI, advice regarding an expanded RSV vaccination…25 Jul 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusWe had this question on MMR just the other day. Some groups are much harder to reach than others. Very young children are the prime at-risk group. There, it is much easier…25 Jul 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusThis is where nirsevimab is very promising, in that it gives six months’ protection. The problem with the previous jab is that it needed monthly injections and was only 50%…25 Jul 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusThe noble Lord is correct. I have two good examples of that, BioNTech and Moderna, where as part of commercial arrangements for us to buy large amounts of Covid vaccines from them…25 Jul 2023HANSARDTobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 45th Report from the Secondary…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareThere are a number of things. For want of a better phrase, we have a tier rating for the different trusts and hospitals and they can be put into the equivalent of special…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareI thank my noble friend. As we all agree, there are always two steps involved: setting out the guidelines that we believe are best practice and making sure that they are then…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareA lot of good work is being done. AI is often used to analyse brain scans very quickly in a lot of these centres that the noble Lord mentions. One of the very good things about…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareI agree that last winter was particularly difficult; as we all know, ambulance wait times were too long, which undoubtedly caused issues. We have a recovery plan for the emergency…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareThe noble Lord is absolutely correct. As mentioned, speed to the right place is vital; videos in ambulances are one way of communicating ahead and speaking to the paramedics so…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareThe job of each integrated care board and the regional SQuIRe managers within it is to make sure that they are catering for the needs of their area. Clearly, rural areas present…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareI thank my noble friend. The NHS delivery plan set out in January 2023 was trying to set out the best practice in this area. It is then the job of the SQuIRe managers to make sure…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareFirst, I thank the noble Baroness for the work that she does in this area; I know that it is very close to her heart. I have set up a meeting with the NHS COO David Sloman and…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareThe N ational C linical G uideline for S troke , published in April 2023, is an initiative of the intercollegiate stroke working party made up of representatives from the…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023I am grateful to be here today, as is right, to debate such an important issue. The Human Medicines Regulations 2012—the HMRs—set out when medicines need to be prescription only…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareIn the last few weeks, I have been in A&E departments most weeks. Over the Recess, I will be visiting another 15 or so hospitals—I cannot remember the exact number, but it is a…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Human Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023.24 Jul 2023HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023As ever, I thank noble Lords for their constructive comments and general welcoming of the proposals. On the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, unfortunately, we do not…24 Jul 2023HANSARDTobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Baroness for that remark. I think that I probably need to give that a detailed response as well. The point I was trying to make was that these heated tobacco…24 Jul 2023HANSARDTobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions. As ever, they showed that there are interesting intricacies in every part of health; it is one of my key learnings over the past nine…24 Jul 2023