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HANSARDCumberlege ReportI have addressed the points about redress, which is available. We are reforming the process of clinical negligence to make it easier for patients to get compensation without the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI absolutely take that point—that is the crux of the matter. For too long in the health service, there was no duty of candour. The health service did not acknowledge when mistakes…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI cannot speak on active litigation claims, but between 70% and 80% of claims are settled out of court because that is the avenue we want to go down. It is not in anyone’s…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportThat is why we introduced NHS Resolution to facilitate a quicker method of getting compensation to those who have been harmed through clinical negligence. I encourage hon. Members…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI will come to that point. The Government have apologised on behalf of the health and care sector for the time it took to listen and respond. We are doing more than apologising:…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke) on securing this important debate on Baroness Cumberlege’s review. I was not present for…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportValproate should not be being used on women or girls able to have children, unless they have a pregnancy prevention programme in place. That is to ensure that patients are fully…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportIf the hon. Lady writes to me about that specific case, I am happy to look at it. The Government published their response to the review in July last year and accepted the majority…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI take the hon. Lady’s point, but the vast majority of claims that come through NHS Resolution are settled out of court. We want to make sure that patients get the redress that…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI want to reassure my right hon. Friend that changes have already been made. When women were experiencing these problems, particularly with sodium valproate, compensation was…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportThere are absolutely processes in place, including bodies such as the Care Quality Commission, which audit and inspect to ensure that the processes that have to be in place are…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI congratulate the hon. Member for West Ham (Ms Brown) on securing this debate. I thank her for all her hard work. I am very sorry that she has been speaking about this issue for…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI said to the president that I would follow up after the debate, so I can certainly make that request. The royal college has also said that it is producing a good practice paper…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI completely agree with the hon. Lady. She made a point about having the data to see how many hysteroscopies fail and whether that money could be better spent on offering an…31 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to respond. I am pleased to hear that the Opposition parties will support the statutory instrument this afternoon because it is crucial that the Care Quality…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I will continue, if I may. As my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire pointed out, we have been through two years of a pandemic. Health care and…26 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI would strongly disagree with the hon. Gentleman. He wants to work in a constructive way to deal with the issues facing his constituents, and he has already said that he wanted…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westAbsolutely. We want to encourage everyone who wants to come and work in the United Kingdom to be able to do so, and we are working with the General Dental Council to make sure…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI have been clear that covid means we are not yet operating at 100% of normal activity. We need to get back to pre-covid levels, when the majority of patients were able to access…24 Jan 2022