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HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverThe UK Health Security Agency has declared a national standard incident to co-ordinate the public health response. It is working with schools and GPs where there are outbreaks to…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesWe do not have a national waiting time standard for these services, so this data is not available. However, increasing access to these services is a priority. We are expanding…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI thank my noble friend. The NHS has recently set out a national framework for the practical pathways that it expects ICBs to follow in terms of getting diagnoses. To be very open…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI will need to write to the noble Baroness to give a specific response in that case. It is an area of concern where I think we are increasing awareness, and any diagnosis needs to…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI agree. Arguably, if you are being home schooled, you probably need a lot of help. As the noble Lord will be aware, a lot of the services are related to social prescribing, where…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI do not know what contribution it is making to waiting lists. However, I do know that the long-awaited workforce plan—which noble Lords opposite have quite rightly asked me about…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI thank the noble Baroness. As noble Lords are aware, we think that in-patient care should happen only in the most extreme and serious cases. It is much better to have care in the…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverI know that the health agencies in each country work very closely together. I do not yet have the specific details, so I will happily follow up on this. I know that they are…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverI thank the noble Lord. At this point, I put out the general message that, if parents are aware that their child is unwell, particularly drowsy or dehydrated, that is when they…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverThat is a serious question, and I think many of us would love that kind of service, but we know we are living in an age where the community doctor in that way does not exist. It…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI would agree. In any case, especially where there is high demand in an area, we need a form of triaging so that we can agree the clearest areas of priority, such as those…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesI thank my noble friend. As ever, we need to make sure that every pound is well spent. These services come under the regulatory and inspection regime of the CQC. Also important in…05 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesGenerally, we need to try to assess as many people as we can. I remember in my school there was a child in our class who we just thought was naughty and got into all sorts of…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverI can probably draw on a personal illustration. In answer to a question a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned how I used 111, and in this case I think the advice would be to use 111.…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverI would advise—and again this is personal advice—that, if they have not got a response and they are concerned about their child, it is probably better and quicker for them to…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverAll I can say on that is that, clearly, that is not acceptable and we need a situation where it can, and that is why we should have inspectors. If we are using 111 as a backbone…05 Dec 2022HANSARDInvasive Group A Streptococcus and Scarlet FeverI thank the noble Baroness for bringing this important issue before us today. To give context and answer the point, there were about 850 cases in the latest week, compared with…05 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth Promotion Bill [HL]Like the noble Lord, Lord Addington, I would like to declare an interest in that I still play rugby. If noble Lords take nothing else from this debate, I hope they will find that…02 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ContractI agree, and I understand the problem. I also agree that we need to look at a broad range of measures. I was delighted that we passed the statutory instruments on water…01 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ContractMy understanding is that the staff plan will include dentists, but I will confirm that in writing. I absolutely accept that the contract changes must attract people into the…01 Dec 2022