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HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractYes. I really appreciate having this opportunity to state categorically that the NHS will remain the data user here. The data controller will remain in place for each individual…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractAgain, it is important to say that the whole point of this transition arrangement was to allow us to have an open bidding process across loads of suppliers, knowing that, when…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractI thank the noble Lord for giving me an opportunity to clarify that absolutely. The answer is yes on both counts. If Palantir is not successful in winning the contract, no data…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractI thank my noble friend. This is absolutely about enabling innovation: the data platform is there so that providers can use it to innovate. We all hear about AI, and AI depends on…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS: Performance and InnovationI thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, and all noble Lords for what I found to be a very thoughtful debate. I hope to answer in the spirit engendered by all noble Lords but…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsAs I have tried to say, it is a full community response, which I know the Church is very much part of, and I am grateful for the work it does within that. That is why I keep going…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsAs I said, we think that the ICBs are the right place to manage this at a local level, but it is our responsibility from the centre to make sure they are delivering on that. I…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsI thank the noble Lord. I have an auntie with dementia in care in Derbyshire. The noble Lord is correct that it is a perfect example of a wraparound service that takes in all the…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsThe voluntary sector is a key element of this. On behalf of the department, I thank it for all the work it does. The direction of travel is very much to engage the sector and…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsFirst, we were very upfront about it; part of the Health and Care Act 2022 is that the ICBs commission palliative care. Secondly, it is part of the six major conditions strategy.…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsThe Derbyshire model is recognised as an example of best practice. The Derbyshire palliative care service toolkit has been widely shared by NHS England, which encourages regions…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsIt is absolutely one of the things that it has to do. We are at the forefront of this. We are backing the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, and have doubled the funding to…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsWe have developed the dementia palliative care toolkit, which we are spreading around all the ICBs. Health Education England has developed an end-of-life care training programme,…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsDementia is an important part of the major conditions strategy and obviously there will be more coming out of that going forward. As I said, the Health and Care Act made the ICBs…15 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Services: Huntington’s DiseaseI have learned in the process of researching this that it is absolutely vital that commissioners understand what the patient pathway needs to be in each area. That is why we have…12 Jun 2023HANSARDGeneral Practitioners: Recruitment and RetentionI agree with my noble friend that recruitment and retention are key. To clear up the figures, the numbers I gave referred to all doctors working in GP surgeries, including people…12 Jun 2023HANSARDGeneral Practitioners: Recruitment and RetentionI completely agree that we need to look creatively and flexibly. We are on target to deliver 50 million more appointments, which is 10% more each day. That is through recruiting…12 Jun 2023HANSARDGeneral Practitioners: Recruitment and RetentionWhat we totally accept and believe is that primary care is where a stitch in time saves nine, to take that saying. That is why I believe that the primary care plan is a big step…12 Jun 2023HANSARDGeneral Practitioners: Recruitment and RetentionAbsolutely; I am a firm believer that you need to have lots of channels of distribution, for want of a better word. Online is a very important one, but being able to phone up is…12 Jun 2023HANSARDGeneral Practitioners: Recruitment and RetentionI actually think the partner model works very well for a lot of people and has been the bedrock of our GP service, as we know, since the beginning of the NHS. However, what is…12 Jun 2023