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HANSARDSuicide PreventionI have met with 3 Dads Walking; I have not met the mums group but am very happy to do so. Because of their intervention and campaigning, we were able to successfully put their…17 Oct 2023HANSARDSuicide PreventionI was going to pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her work on mental health campaigning, and she will know we have done a huge amount. The suicide prevention strategy is a…17 Oct 2023HANSARDSuicide PreventionThe hon. Lady is not quite right in her statistics. Just before covid we had seen a 20% reduction compared with two decades ago in suicide levels in England. She might be…17 Oct 2023HANSARDClinical Negligence ClaimsOn 15 September, the Government response to the consultation on fixed recoverable costs in lower damages clinical negligence claims was published on www.gov.uk. The rising costs…18 Sept 2023HANSARD World Sepsis DayAbsolutely. That is the point: if families want a review, it needs to be done as quickly as possible. If we are going to look at Martha’s law, those processes will need to be…13 Sept 2023HANSARD World Sepsis DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I start by thanking the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) for introducing this important debate, which is…13 Sept 2023HANSARDPANS and PANDASIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and to respond to this debate. To be clear, I can respond only on healthcare services in England, and not on behalf of…12 Sept 2023HANSARDPANS and PANDASI absolutely agree. I acknowledge that while the symptoms mimic a mental illness, there is very often a physical cause for those developments. That is why we need to build that…12 Sept 2023HANSARDPANS and PANDASI absolutely agree with the hon. Lady. NHS England has been happy to work on such issues with the working group. It is embarking on work to roll out a nationwide surveillance…12 Sept 2023HANSARDPANS and PANDASThe Department does not regularly write to GPs because the NHS is operationally independent, but NHS England does and we can certainly speak to NHS England colleagues. They send…12 Sept 2023HANSARDSuicide Prevention UpdateEvery suicide is a tragedy with devasting impacts on individuals, loved ones and communities. Today we are publishing a new National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England, which…11 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) for securing the debate and all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in it. We cannot help but be moved…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI will, but I need to make some progress on addressing the points made.07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI can show the hon. Lady my remarks—they are on the back of this paper, and I have been writing them down during this debate. I am only two minutes into my speech and I am…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI just wanted to reiterate that I have pledged to meet the APPG and all its members. I have also pledged to look at the recommendations specifically in relation to Primodos. I…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsWill the hon. Lady give way?07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI do not want to test your patience, Mr Deputy Speaker, because I know that I am over time, but I have made the commitment to review the Cumberlege recommendations for Primodos…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsFinger pointing is not exactly effective. As I set out at the beginning of my remarks, we have accepted the majority of those recommendations. We could not accept the Primodos…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI will come to that in a minute. We are in between cases, and I want to make progress while we do not have a live case. Discussions are ongoing at the moment. I am the Minister…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsTo be specific on that point, the Government are involved in a second claim. We are not sure whether that claim will go forward—discussions about that are ongoing. As the appeal…07 Sept 2023