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HANSARDGP AppointmentsAbsolutely. I know that a lot of the best trusts that I have seen and visited have that right at their front door. It applies to A&E as well. One of the first comments I made when…23 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareI thank the noble Lord for his Question and for the work he has done around this report. As an unpaid carer for a number of years myself, I am familiar with the circumstances and…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareI am aware of some of the challenges raised by funding through the local authority system—and I say that as a former deputy leader of a local authority, so I am very familiar with…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareAs ever, I thank my noble friend for his friendly questions. No; we know that this is an area that needs to be addressed, and I think that it is an area that we are addressing. I…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareAgain, we welcome the report and many aspects of it. What I and my ministerial colleagues care most about is having the results and the impact. I think—and hope that noble Lords…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareAgain, I would like to say that the big increases in funding—the 20% increase that we are talking about in two years’ time—are very much an acknowledgement that there is a…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareAgain, as I said before, they are the backbone of the system; some of my personal experience attests to that. So I hope that what we were talking about will be seen as the start,…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareMy Lords, 10 million people in England are affected by the adult social care system, including those drawing on care and support, unpaid carers and the workforce. We have made up…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareIt is lovely to have noble friends. Given the conversations I am sure we will come to shortly about improving hospital flow and the 13% of beds that are blocked, we felt that the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareAbsolutely, and that is the whole intention behind the ICSs: the ability in their areas to know local needs and invest in the right places—that is, in social care rather than…20 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareI am aware of the many circumstances where it suddenly falls to children, who obviously have their own demanding situation with education and are suddenly expected to provide a…20 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceWe are assessing best practice around the world in order to design them. That is exactly the point: we are taking on board things from the Netherlands and all round the world to…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceYes. Now I am no longer holding anyone up in terms of time, I welcome noble Lords to visit places like Liverpool hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, where they will see brilliant…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceI can speak clearly on the subject of the new hospital programme, which I think the noble Lord will find is world-class. I will happily demonstrate that to him; indeed, people…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceWe have eight cohort 1 hospitals, which all have full planning permission and are in various stages of construction. We have 10 cohort 2 hospitals, of which two have full planning…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceThe noble Lord makes an excellent point. As he knows, we are investing heavily in a federated data platform, which is precisely about stopping storing paper and making such…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceWe are actually making a lot of progress on them. A number of them, dare I say it, were introduced by Governments of a different colour and we are now working through and…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceI know that it is a lot more than that. The number of cohort 1 and cohort 2 hospitals being built at the moment is substantially more. This is a real programme; in fact, I invite…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceClearly, we want to give each trust the freedom to spend where it needs to. Obviously, there are overall Treasury rules but the main thing is the increased allocation we have made…09 Feb 2023HANSARDHospitals: MaintenanceTwenty-one outline or full planning permissions have been given, which is totally on track with the target. Clearly, if some of those hospitals are not being built until, say,…09 Feb 2023