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HANSARDNursing: RecruitmentThat is an excellent point. One thing I probably should have said is that the number of 36,000 leavers includes people who have left NHS trusts and gone into community care,…26 Oct 2022HANSARDNursing: RecruitmentI totally agree with the approach. I have declared a personal interest before in that my wife is a dentist from the Dominican Republic who came in exactly that way, so I…26 Oct 2022HANSARDWater Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 July be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 25 October Motions agreed.26 Oct 2022HANSARDNursing: RecruitmentIndeed, and towards that aim we have set up the nursing associate role, which is a stepping-stone to allow people to ease in and have qualifications on the way to becoming a fully…26 Oct 2022HANSARDNursing: RecruitmentFirst, we are actually exceeding the number of leavers. There were 36,000 people who left last year and 45,000 who joined—a net increase of 9,000. That is not to say that we do…26 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesYes.25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesI am grateful to Dr Kirkup for this report. Our intention is to review the recommendations alongside existing work to improve maternity outcomes, including the recommendations…25 Oct 2022HANSARDWater Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022I thank your Lordships for your contributions today. First, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said, the principle has been decided in previous debates, and the debate today has been…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesI thank my noble friend. I agree. This was captured in recommendation 1 by Dr Kirkup about having early warning indicators in place. That is what we have set up in the maternity…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesI agree. We are putting the money into the training programmes. We have actually put £95 million on top of the £127 million investment into this area. As ever though, what is most…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesYes. Resourcing the special measures programme—for want of a better name—is vital to all of us. I am pleased to see in the case of East Kent that, of the 67 special measures…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesI agree about wanting to implement the recommendations. My colleague Dr Johnson, the Minister in the other House, already met with Dr Kirkup this week. We also undertook to come…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesAs I mentioned before, we have already put this in place with the maternity quality surveillance framework. At the same time, if we feel that more needs to be done, it will be…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesWe all acknowledge a duty of candour. That should be fundamental to the leadership and to everyone in every trust. In this case, I was pleased to see the trust completely accept…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesAgain, we agree with Dr Kirkup’s third recommendation that teamwork is vital in all this. Some £26 million has been invested in maternity teamwork training, and a core curriculum…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal ServicesThe number of midwives has been stable over the last four years. We have seen a slight decline over the last year, which is why we have a training and recruitment programme to…25 Oct 2022HANSARDWater Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Water Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022.25 Oct 2022HANSARDWater Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, in moving that these regulations be approved, I shall also speak to the Health and Care Act 2022 regulations. The water fluoridation provisions of the Health and Care…25 Oct 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022.25 Oct 2022HANSARDEast Kent Maternity Services: Independent InvestigationThe noble Baroness is right to say that it is clear that we have not got it right to date, as shown by the fact that these instances have come up. We are taking the right steps…24 Oct 2022