Contributions
1,056 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDNHS PPE Supply Chains: Forced LabourAbsolutely. We have secondary legislation coming forward that will enact what was agreed in the Health and Care Act 2022, which will look at some of this issue. The Procurement…14 Jul 2022HANSARDNHS PPE Supply Chains: Forced LabourIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this debate and on all his hard…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI am sorry to hear about the sad death of the hon. Member’s constituent. Her region is one of the six areas that have the worst handover times and at which we are targeting…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyWhen we look at our figures, of course we look month on month, but we also compare them with previous years. As I said in my opening remarks, we are seeing an increase in…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyAs I explained in answer to the shadow Secretary of State, these are problems facing all devolved nations. I highlighted the four-hour waits in Wales, but in Scotland there are…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyWe are not waiting for a crisis. I have set out the funding that we have put in place this year—£150 million extra funding for the ambulance service—and highlighted how we are…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyAs someone who has suffered a stroke myself, I am very aware of the urgency of seeing stroke patients on time. I am not going to give clinical advice at the Dispatch Box. It is…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: ambulance trusts are under record pressures, the sorts of pressures that we would normally expect in winter. We are seeing them in the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThere are two aspects to that question. In terms of urgency, we have procured a contract with a total value of £30 million for an auxiliary ambulance service, which will provide…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThe reason I am standing at this Dispatch Box is my experience of working as a nurse in A&E under the last Labour Government. I believe it was them who introduced the four-hour…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI have set out to hon. Members the work we are doing to increase capacity in the ambulance service, including £150 million in funding, training more paramedics, and increasing the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI say to the hon. Lady that we have put additional investment this year—over £150 million of extra funding—into ambulance services to help them meet demand, because they do have…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI thank my right hon. Friend, who is absolutely right, because a number of factors are influencing the wait times at A&E. While delayed discharges are not increasing, there are…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThe hon. Gentleman shakes his head, but he stood at the Dispatch Box just now and said that Labour would do better. It is not doing better in Labour-run Wales; it actually has…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyCan I say how disappointed I am at the shadow Secretary of State’s response? If he is not happy that a female Minister with over 20 years’ experience in the NHS is able to answer…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyWe are working urgently on this issue—as, I am sure, are the health services in Wales and Scotland, which are facing the same problems. We are all working hard to address them. As…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI am not sure whether that means the hon. Gentleman is now supportive of the social care levy, which is there to pay for improvements to social care. This Government are making…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyOur ambulance service performs heroics every single day, and I put on the record my thanks to every single one of its staff for their dedication and hard work. We have a duty to…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI can reassure the right hon. Lady that I am the Minister responsible for ambulances, which is why I am standing here at the Dispatch Box. The Secretary of State has been out on…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyI can reassure the hon. Lady that the hon. Member for Telford (Lucy Allan) has been working very hard behind the scenes to get more investment into that local hospital. We will be…13 Jul 2022