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HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI thank the hon. Gentleman. I am not saying that there are no pressures on the treatments for cancer patients, but the greatest pressure is at the diagnostic end. We will be…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI do not disagree with the hon. Gentleman. I may be a new Minister, in post for weeks rather than years, but I have 20 years of oncology experience, and in my experience…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI absolutely take that point on board. There are clinical reasons, if a patient has presented later, why radiotherapy may or may not be suitable. Again, they are clinical…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyThere are satellite services—absolutely. We have seen them not just for radiotherapy, but for chemotherapy and even surgery. But it has to be a local decision, because local…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI am very happy to look at the tariff situation, but my experience is that when a clinical oncologist is referring someone for radiotherapy, that decision is not based on whether…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyIt is about replacing existing equipment, but also investing in new. Some of the equipment is 10 years old. Radiotherapy has changed a lot over those 10 years, so the replacement…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI was finishing, but I will give way one more time.12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyMy understanding is that it is available for stage 3 melanoma, as the hon. Gentleman has highlighted, and that it is still in clinical trials for stage 2. It is available within…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI will give way one more time.12 Jan 2022HANSARD Access to GP AppointmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) for bringing the debate to the…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Access to GP AppointmentsAbsolutely. I was going to come to the number of GPs. I am pleased, as is my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet, that we have 4,000 doctors in GP training places…12 Jan 2022HANSARDEye Health and Macular DiseaseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I want to start by thanking the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this important debate. Before…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEye Health and Macular DiseaseMany people in England qualify for a free eye test. We are not seeing that issue as a barrier to people coming forward, but I have outlined the many measures we are putting in…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEye Health and Macular DiseaseAbsolutely: we have heard today about the impact that overall health has on eye health. We know that NHS sight test numbers were impacted at the peak of the pandemic, but there…11 Jan 2022HANSARDOur Vision for the Women's Health Strategy for England“Our Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy for England” was published on 23 December 2021. This sets out our ambitions and next steps for women’s health, mapped against what we…05 Jan 2022HANSARDSurgical Fires in the NHSIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this hugely important debate. While he is right that…16 Dec 2021HANSARDIndependent Inquiry Report into Issues Raised by Former Surgeon Ian PatersonOn 4 February 2020, the independent inquiry into the issues raised by the disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson published its report, which was welcomed by the Government. On 28 April…16 Dec 2021HANSARDDavid Fuller Case: Update on ActionsYesterday, David Fuller was sentenced at Maidstone Crown court for the murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce, as well as over 100 sexual offences in a mortuary, and several…16 Dec 2021HANSARDSurgical Fires in the NHSThat is certainly an area that we can discuss further when we meet. I am very happy to do that. The hon. Gentleman is right that experts in this field are best placed to consider…16 Dec 2021HANSARD Abortion Services Commissioning: Northern IrelandWe are left with the law that was passed in 2019, so the Secretary of State is now under a legal duty to implement it. He has directed the First Minister and the Deputy First…14 Dec 2021