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HANSARDThe National Health ServiceYes, I can give that confirmation. I have seen some reports from the local Labour party putting fears into people’s minds about the future of the Parsons Green walk-in centre.…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI have great regard for the campaigning that the hon. Lady does on many topics, but I am afraid to say that she was factually inaccurate in what she said just now; it is not true.…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI want to pay tribute to the work that Sir Simon has done in bringing this matter forward. We are absolutely looking at the capital requirements, as well as the requirements for…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI am not going to give way after that nonsense, but on his point, perhaps he was not here at the start, but on the first page of my speech it says that “the NHS is not, and never…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceThe hon. Gentleman is saying yes, which I am grateful for. I am open-minded to changes and improvements, and to listening to the experts and those with constituency cases that…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceQuite right. I am voting for you, Madam Deputy Speaker. On the point made by the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies), to whom I will not give way—23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI am delighted to have been able to give that assurance and I thank my hon. Friend for the work he has done.23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceWe are absolutely acting on the area that the hon. Lady quite rightly raises. The number of patients who are in in-patient facilities who have learning disabilities and/or autism…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 ServiceYes, I entirely understand where my right hon. Friend is coming from, and he has been a tireless campaigner on this issue. On this point, I also want to welcome the cross-party…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceMy right hon. Friend’s mind is so aligned with my own that that is the very next line in my speech. What of GPs, dentists, opticians and pharmacists? They are all privately…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceLet me explain my argument and then I will give way. What is not currently publicly provided? What about drugs and pharmaceuticals? Is the hon. Member for Leicester South really…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceThat is a decision taken by the local NHS. The proposals that we are putting forward in law, for debate under this Queen’s Speech, are to change the regulations. We must…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI would love to. I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s work not only on the prevention agenda and public health in government, but on ensuring that the long-term plan approach to…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point that capital investment needs to be strategic, and the new health infrastructure plan, which I was discussing at the Health and Social…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceThere speaks the voice of Scotland. As we have put record amounts of funding into the NHS in England, that funding proportionately flows through the Barnett formula to Scotland,…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 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceMy hon. Friend has campaigned incredibly hard. As she knows, the local NHS brought forward the plan, which we are proposing to amend. I am working on that with her. However, I am…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceYes, I can. In the light of the extensive representations that my hon. Friend made regarding the A&E in Cheltenham, I have spoken to the chief executive of Gloucestershire…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI will tell the House exactly what happened. My hon. Friend invited me to Burton, and I looked at the changes that needed to happen. I talked to the NHS and we then announced not…23 Oct 2019