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HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesMy hon. Friend makes some excellent points, and I put on record again our thanks to community pharmacists and all community pharmacy teams. During the pandemic, more than 1,500…23 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesThe right hon. Gentleman will find no greater supporters of community pharmacists than this Government. That is why we launched the community pharmacist consultation service,…23 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesThe community pharmacy contractual framework outlines a transformational programme of work to integrate community pharmacies into the NHS, delivering more clinical services and…23 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWomen who have suffered are being helped and supported through the difficult choices that they are having to make. The Government have set up eight specialist mesh centres across…23 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI reassure the hon. Gentleman that cancer has remained an absolute priority for the NHS during the pandemic, as it will continue to be. The funding that has been awarded to deal…23 Nov 2021HANSARDGPs: Sittingbourne and SheppeyWe recognise the difficulty that patients have had in particular with telephone access and GPs have fed in that phone lines have been busier than ever. That is why the Secretary…23 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. Some of the developments have been over the past two years and, during covid, they have not necessarily had the publicity they…18 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessI thank my hon. Friend for his hard work in his community. There are some excellent examples of where defibrillators have been rolled out. Many communities now have them, but if…18 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate, and also for his passion and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That gives people added reassurance that they can do no harm, because the machine is totally in control. We are also using technology, and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies), is hosting a roundtable with organisations including the British…15 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareFor a woman currently prescribed HRT on a three-monthly interval, moving to a 12-monthly repeatable prescription will make a saving of £66 a year. [Official Report, 29 October…15 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies), is hosting a roundtable with organisations including the British…15 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareFor a woman currently prescribed HRT on a three-monthly interval, moving to a 12-monthly repeatable prescription will make a saving of £56.10 a year.15 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsI congratulate the hon. Member for Inverclyde (Ronnie Cowan) on bringing forward this debate. As has been said, this is the second day in a row that we are debating this important…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsThe hon. Lady makes a good point. If there are clinicians who want to take a lead on this, there is obviously scope to look at that, but we must be clear that we have to license…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsI take the hon. Lady’s point, but the MHRA, which is the regulator, and other regulators around the world have a tier of research that they will accept. The randomised controlled…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsI take the hon. Gentleman’s point, but many children are not accessing this medication, and this is a route to that. As I explained in yesterday’s debate, clinical randomised…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point, and going forward we perhaps need to unblock some of the blockages in that area. I take that point on board. Clinical trials and the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsAbsolutely. The Government are committed to trying to resolve the blockage to licensing, which is the main factor hindering the prescription of these drugs. The Health and Social…04 Nov 2021