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HANSARDTimes Health CommissionAs I mentioned, we are working on and taking good ideas from there. I know that it is one of the inputs being considered in all this.19 Jan 2023HANSARDTimes Health CommissionNo, not at all. In fact, the things I have read in the Times are about what we are implementing. The House has heard me talk about virtual wards; I saw an article on how important…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusPCRs test are already in use to diagnose RSV and monitor its prevalence. Current RSV immunisation is targeted at infants at high risk of severe complications. New immunisation…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I am pleased to say that there are promising new vaccinations. The current vaccination unfortunately requires monthly injections,…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTimes Health CommissionI thank the noble Lord and firmly agree that we should look to implement anything that is a good idea. I know that there are many things we can learn and that I am still to set up…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusI can report best on nirsevimab, which has just been licensed, is shown to be 75% to 80% effective in the trials and has the approach of immunising people for six months. I am…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusMy noble friend is correct in that, for the vast majority of people—infants in this case—it is mild, flu-like symptoms at most. At the same time, it is responsible for 35,000…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusThe noble Baroness is correct. In fact, my maiden speech was in a debate about how we can bring life sciences to bear more. The point about NHS clinical trials and the fact that…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusI thank the noble Baroness. The key risk groups in the elderly as well are, as I mentioned earlier, those with congenital lung or heart disease or spinal muscular atrophy. The…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusI know that this, like all those areas that were unfortunately missed out during the pandemic, is something the department is working on. There are catch-up activities. I have…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusYes. I should probably declare an interest, having set up a PCR business—in the private sector, I might add. I know at first hand from that how versatile these PCR machines are.…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial VirusWe have the PCR capacity in place. Clearly, as responsible Ministers spending-wise, we are ramping some of that down because we do not need the sort of capacity we had before.…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTimes Health CommissionMy Lords—19 Jan 2023HANSARDTimes Health CommissionI thank noble Lords. It is not quite the same as scoring a hat trick in football, but I will take the Order Paper home with pleasure. We welcome the Times Health Commission’s…19 Jan 2023HANSARDOsteoporosis: Early DetectionThe Government are committed to improving outcomes for those living with osteoporosis. NHS England, through its Getting It Right First Time programme, is exploring how best to…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTimes Health CommissionI agree with the noble Lord that data has to be the basis of any decision-making. I know that early drafts of the workforce strategy have already been formed so he and the House…19 Jan 2023HANSARDOsteoporosis: Early DetectionI agree with my noble friend that prevention is always better than cure. The beauty of these processes is that I get to swot up, and I learned that the second largest bed-intake…19 Jan 2023HANSARDOsteoporosis: Early DetectionThe noble Lord refers to the fracture liaison services. It is the responsibility of all ICBs to roll out those services or their equivalent. Regarding the numbers that he cited, I…19 Jan 2023HANSARDOsteoporosis: Early DetectionOne of the many things for which I am responsible is NHS performance, as I think the House is aware, and these are exactly the sorts of issues that I am interested in, so I am…19 Jan 2023HANSARDOsteoporosis: Early DetectionAs I mentioned earlier, this is the responsibility of all the ICBs. Part of my job is making sure that we as Ministers now regularly communicate with all the ICBs. There are a…19 Jan 2023