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HANSARDAntimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan 2024 to 2029This is a joint statement with the Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare. Today we are publishing the 2024 to 2029 UK anti-microbial resistance national action plan.…08 May 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThat is actually what antibodies do. I will answer some of the many questions that have been asked in this debate. I reiterate that no medicine or vaccine is completely risk free.…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsAbsolutely, and I thank my hon. Friend for his work during those difficult times. We did not have a vaccine in those days, and we did not know how long covid was going to last. I…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsApologies for my croaky voice. I will try to respond to all the points that I can. I thank the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) for securing this…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI will not, as I have to let the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire respond. We take this issue very seriously. I have been as open and transparent as I can be. If there…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThe hon. Gentleman may have missed my last sentence before his intervention. I said that the ONS data shows that in every week in 2024 so far, we have had negative excess deaths.…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI will give way one more time, as I have only a few minutes left.18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThat is a clinical decision, but now that we have the omicron variant, the evidence for Evusheld’s effectiveness is not as compelling. Returning to the crux of the matter, there…18 Apr 2024HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince) for securing today’s debate, for his contribution to the…17 Apr 2024HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceThat goes back to my first pillar of reducing and preventing infections in the first place. We need to do that domestically, but internationally we are also doing huge amounts of…17 Apr 2024HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceMy right hon. Friend makes a good point, which I will take away and follow up on. There are some really good examples in primary care where some testing is done. Primary care…17 Apr 2024HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I will touch on how much more we can do with screening to prevent some infections. This cannot just be about developing new antibiotics; it…17 Apr 2024HANSARDDuty of Candour in Health and Social Care: ReviewOn 6 December 2023, I informed the House that the Department of Health and Social Care will lead a review into the effectiveness of the statutory duty of candour for health and…16 Apr 2024HANSARDDeath Certification Reform: Introduction of Medical ExaminersI wish to inform the House that the Government will today lay before Parliament regulations which will reform death certification in England and Wales. Under these reforms all…15 Apr 2024HANSARDManaging Covid-19: Updated GuidanceOn 21 February 2022, the Government published the “Covid-19 Response: Living with Covid-19” guidance, which set out a plan to live with covid-19, while protecting people at higher…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Kettering General Hospital: RedevelopmentAbsolutely. I have spoken to the Hospitals Minister on the specific issue of Kettering, and he is in agreement; if the trust can keep us updated with the timeline and let…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Kettering General Hospital: RedevelopmentI absolutely take my hon. Friend’s point, particularly given the issue he raised about RAAC being discovered on the maternity and gynae floors. I will take that point to the…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Kettering General Hospital: RedevelopmentI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone) on securing this important debate. He tirelessly campaigns for Kettering, particularly for the new hospital…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Kettering General Hospital: RedevelopmentAbsolutely. I take hon. and right hon. Members’ feedback about their frustration at how clearing the red tape in this process sometimes takes longer than the construction. My hon.…22 Mar 2024HANSARDDown Syndrome Act 2022: Progress on ImplementationToday, on World Down Syndrome Day, I am pleased to provide an update on the Government progress on implementation of the Down Syndrome Act 2022. The Act seeks to improve life…21 Mar 2024