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HANSARDHealthcare Staffing LevelsAcross the UK, the number of registered nurses and doctors has increased over the past nine years. In England, there were over 112,000 doctors in NHS trusts in March 2019, 17,000…23 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Access to DrugsYes, we secured the requirements ahead of a potential exit on 29 March, and we are doing the necessary work to ensure that capacity is available, whatever the Brexit scenario, on…23 Jul 2019HANSARDHealthcare Staffing LevelsI think it is worth starting with a few facts. One fact is that I published a detailed plan yesterday, on which we are consulting, to tackle the pension issue. The other two facts…23 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Access to DrugsThe assurance I can give is that, ahead of 29 March, we put in place the measures that are necessary to ensure that the hon. Gentleman’s constituent and others get the medicines…23 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have. Through Public Health England, which is the responsible agency, we have absolutely put out communications, which I heard this morning. The communications that the hon.…23 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working very hard to turn it into action as soon as possible, and I can give my hon. Friend an absolute commitment that the new rules will be in place in time for the new…23 Jul 2019HANSARDHealthcare Staffing LevelsI have been working hard with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that we can resolve this important issue. The hon. Gentleman will have seen the consultation document that…23 Jul 2019HANSARD47th Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration Report: Government ResponseI am responding on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 47th report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB). The report has been laid…22 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Pay Review Body 32nd Report: Government ResponseI am responding on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 32nd report of the NHS Pay review Body (NHSPRB). The report has been laid before Parliament today (Cm…22 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationYes, I am looking forward to that legislation being introduced. The work that my hon. Friend’s Select Committee—the Joint Committee on the Draft Health Service Safety…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationThe answer to that question is being worked on as part of the people plan, which Baroness Dido Harding is putting together. We published the interim plan last month. The full…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationMy hon. Friend has raised with me before the new technology developed by Mr Lucas. A new technology such as this can be picked up by all sorts of different parts of the NHS—by…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationIf the hon. Gentleman writes to me with the specifics of the case, I will be very happy to look into it. The use of subsidiaries in the way that he described in principle has been…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationFew people make the case for their constituencies better than my right hon. Friend, and nobody makes the case for Harlow better than him. He invited me around Harlow hospital. I…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationThe statement was about the implementation of the NHS long-term plan, to which of course the future of social care is vital, which is one reason why the spending power available…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationI certainly will. I also draw my right hon. Friend’s attention to an announcement, which we made last month, to allow local hospital trusts to request property from NHS Property…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationI will certainly look at the matter. When I was on a night shift with a London ambulance crew, we attended a patient who suffered from sickle cell, and it was horrific to see the…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationWell, it is great that by the end of his questions the hon. Gentleman finally got to the future of the NHS, which is what we are here to discuss. However, what I did not…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationI pay tribute to the work that the APPG, so ably led, has done in putting the measurement of improvements of cancer services at the forefront of the debate. I particularly…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationYes, the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I agree with what he says. There is a need for the whole medical profession to be constantly up to date with the latest treatment and…01 Jul 2019