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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe joint report was excellent.29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are putting record amounts of funding into the NHS across the country, including in Bradford. If the people of Bradford get their election—if Labour Members vote for it—and…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe NHS is not on the table in any trade deal. Medicine pricing and drugs pricing is not on the table in a trade deal. Let me bring the hon. Lady’s attention to this quotation…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. In January, with my hon. Friend’s support, we launched the five-year plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance. We have now taken that to a global level; this is a global…29 Oct 2019HANSARDPrEPWe are switching to routine commissioning from April. It is a deep frustration of mine that some local authorities are not putting in place the necessary measures. I will look…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am absolutely happy to look at that. We have put in place the health infrastructure plan to ensure that there is a long-term plan for replacing ailing hospitals. That includes…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is an incredibly important matter. It was addressed in the Care Act 2014, but I am happy to look at any proposals, because it is important that we get fair treatment right…29 Oct 2019HANSARDPrEPWe have expanded access to PrEP—pre-exposure prophylaxis—so that everyone who needs it should have access. Thousands more places remain available on the trial. We are working…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last Health questions, we have announced 20 hospital upgrades; 40 new hospitals; £200 million for cancer diagnosis kit; £250 million for the NHSX artificial intelligence…29 Oct 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis DrugsAbsolutely. I pay tribute to the hon. Lady, who raised that case with me last night and gave me advance warning that she would raise it in the House today. I shall be happy to…29 Oct 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis DrugsThe agreement that the hon. Lady’s Government—the UK Government—reached with Vertex means that this drug will be available in Wales and Northern Ireland as well. It is true that…29 Oct 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis DrugsMy hon. Friend has campaigned long and hard and has talked to me an awful lot about how important it has been to obtain Orkambi and the other cystic fibrosis drugs that will save…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe prevention Green Paper that we published in the summer specifically addresses what is needed. The effort that we put into supporting those who are hospitalised through their…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to pay tribute to the hon. Lady for the work that she, her Health Committee and all its members have done on this legislation. I think that the legislation proposed by the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsToday is the first time I have heard of this. National health service redundancy terms were capped at £160,000 in April 2015. We consulted on bringing that down to £95,000 and we…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe Department’s remit formally expanded from the “Department of Health” to the “Department of Health and Social Care” in January 2018. Our health and social care services…24 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceHold on, I have not even answered the previous intervention. The truth is that the NHS has proposed measures that will make it easier to run the NHS, to reduce bureaucracy and to…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceYes, I am trying to take as many interventions as is reasonable. I feel as though I have been sitting down for most of the half hour that I have technically been speaking for—23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceWe will absolutely do that. The hon. Gentleman rightly says that this provision is a devolved matter, and we have already had a debate about the relative funding increases, but…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceThe hon. Gentleman raises the problem across Staffordshire. We are trying to ensure that the NHS in Staffordshire looks forward with confidence, and that includes addressing…23 Oct 2019