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HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesI reassure the hon. Gentleman that tackling homelessness is a high priority for this Government. As hon. Members have mentioned, the Government will shortly publish a landmark…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIf I may, I will write to the hon. Lady on that so I can make sure that my facts are completely clear, rather than giving her an answer that may not be quite accurate. In…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on bringing forward this extremely important debate. It has…26 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Social CareAs we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Social CareAs we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have…20 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination SitesTo maximise uptake there are now more than 3,000 sites—more than ever—delivering covid-19 vaccines and boosters, including hundreds of walk-in sites. Opening times have been…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination SitesWell, 99% of the population in England live within 10 miles of a covid-19 vaccination site, and robust plans are in place to ensure that everyone has convenient access to a…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination SitesThere are now six vaccination sites in the Bolsover district. A regular pop-up clinic was also set up in Shirebrook to address and identify the shortfall in uptake, but that has…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination SitesI reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are talking about patient safety. He is quite right that it is important to have that dialogue, and I know that colleagues across the board…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination SitesThe hon. Lady makes a really good point. I reassure her that procedures for urgent cases have not been cancelled. As the House knows, we are looking at the private sector to help…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Testing InfrastructureThe UK continues to provide one of the highest testing rates globally. We have increased capacity for PCR testing by over 200,000 tests per day since December. Home delivery…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Testing InfrastructureMy hon. Friend makes a good point. The most vulnerable people are being prioritised. The UK Health Security Agency and NHS Test and Trace currently deliver an average of more than…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Testing InfrastructureAs we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Testing InfrastructureMy right hon. Friend makes a really good point. We know that omicron numbers are still really high, and we still have more than 2,000 people hospitalised every day, so we do need…18 Jan 2022HANSARDFolic Acid in FlourFollowing consultation last September, we announced that we would legislate to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid. We are working at pace to move this policy…18 Jan 2022HANSARDFolic Acid in FlourI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this important issue, because fortifying non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid will help to prevent hundreds of neural tube defects in…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Hospitalisations: Vaccination ProgrammeVaccination continues to offer our best line of defence against hospitalisation due to covid-19. The latest data shows vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Hospitalisations: Vaccination ProgrammeAlthough evidence shows that the omicron variant causes less severe disease than previous variants, yesterday in England we still had over 16,000 covid patients in hospital and…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Hospitalisations: Vaccination ProgrammeI would like to reassure the hon. Lady that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is monitoring this all the time, and we take advice from the JCVI.18 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFrom the start of the pandemic, the UK has worked to support equitable access to covid-19 vaccines. It helped to establish the international joint procurement initiative COVAX,…18 Jan 2022