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HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsUnfortunately, as we know, we have a backlog in quite a few areas, often as a consequence of the pandemic and the period when we could not see as many people as we would have…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsI thank my noble friend. This was actually a conversation of a big task force summit that we had just last week. We commented that a lot of people have pregnancy plans, for…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsThe noble Lord is correct, and my understanding is that we are looking to use the independent sector more and more. I will check and verify this, as it was from the briefing…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsYes; our whole direction of travel, as noble Lords are aware, is putting more and more power in the hands of the local integrated care boards. Going into the detail of it, the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsWe regularly monitor community health services’ waiting lists and recognise the variability between the number of people waiting and the time on waiting lists across services in…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsAs noble Lords probably know, we published this data for the first time in March, so it is only now we are getting the data that we can truly work on it. It sets out 35 different…12 Jul 2023HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 5 June be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 5 July.12 Jul 2023HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023Perhaps.05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesMy Lords, the Government have been clear that we want to resolve the strikes by doctors. We negotiated in good faith with the BMA’s junior doctors committee in May. The Government…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesFirst, I absolutely echo the sentiment about the 75th anniversary and the hard work of all our doctors, nurses, dentists and medical staff. Clearly, we want to find a negotiated…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesI can totally reject that by pointing to the record spend we are putting in this area and the fact that, just on Monday, we launched the long-term workforce plan, with a £2.4…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesClearly, that is the last thing anyone wants. I trust all the medics who, first and foremost, care about patient safety to inform their local management so that they can make sure…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesYes, of course, the noble Lord is absolutely correct; retention is key in all this. That is looking at all aspects of the package and work conditions and everything around those.…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesI think the morale of doctors is best approached by a number of measures. As I said yesterday, there is not one silver bullet. There are a number of things: clearly, pay is…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesAs we have seen, it is having an impact, regrettably. We saw that from 14 to 17 June: almost 100,000 appointments were lost during that strike. We are now looking to cover that…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesI thank my noble friend for his kind words. We are willing to look at all solutions. We have to balance the salary wishes of doctors with making sure that we keep the money in…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesThe noble Lord is absolutely correct; that is why I was delighted, as I think all sides of the House were, by the launch of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan . As Amanda Pritchard,…05 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesAs my noble friend says, wellness is about a lot more than treatment in hospitals. That is why I was so pleased by the long-term workforce plan, which recognises the importance of…05 Jul 2023HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Healthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023.05 Jul 2023HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2023My Lords, reciprocal healthcare arrangements enable UK residents to access healthcare when they live, study, work or travel abroad. They not only provide an added safeguard for…05 Jul 2023