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HANSARDNHS: New TechnologyYes, 100%. One of the reasons we have put NHSX in place is to drive exactly this policy agenda, where we can get better treatment for patients and save money.18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: New TechnologyA most enthusiastic commitment! My hon. Friend has led on this agenda and driven it, because it is all about using technology to save lives. The report that he mentions is…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: New TechnologyI had an incredibly moving meeting with the hon. Lady, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) and others, and some of the families and children who have…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: New TechnologyMy hon. Friend is dead right to say that this provides a better service and saves money. I do not have the figure at my fingertips, but I will write to him with the answer and…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: New TechnologyAbsolutely. Places like Caithness are a great example of where GP consultations that can be done over the phone or over a video conference can save people hours and hours. Of…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingMy hon. Friend makes an important point, one that we have frequently discussed. As he knows, I am married to an osteopath, so I do recognise the value that osteopaths bring to all…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingThe interim people plan that we published this month puts the workforce at the heart of the future of the NHS and will ensure that we have the staff needed to deliver high-quality…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingWe are working closely with that trust, and it was good to visit and see just how hard working the staff are. They are dedicated to the cause and well supported by their MPs. My…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingWe retain that target of 5,000 more GPs. We have managed to increase the number of staff working around GPs, because a GP does not need to do everything in primary care, so we…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingMy hon. Friend makes an important point. This is a vital post in a hospital and a hospital trust that does amazing work—some of the best medicine in the world is done at…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingThe right hon. Lady, as always, puts the case for Pontefract very powerfully. The truth is that we will need more nurses and more midwives, as well as other health professionals,…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingOf course we need to have the right number of nurses. We need to make sure that we also put in the funding. If the SNP Government in Scotland had put the same funding increases…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingI am not going to let the SNP spokesman get away with this. Normally, she brings a thoughtful contribution to health debates, but she said that there is more spending in Scotland…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week is Children’s Hospice Week, Loneliness Awareness Week, National Breastfeeding Week and Learning Disability Week, and today is International Fathers Mental Health Day.…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right that we need to ensure that access to mental health services improves. As part of the increase in funding we are putting into the NHS, the biggest…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMeeting the need for unhindered medicine supplies was an incredibly important piece of our Brexit planning, which was successfully completed ahead of 29 March. Of course we are…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAdditional funds have already been provided to ensure that medicines are available throughout the country, whatever the Brexit scenario.18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend speaks for the whole House about the need for these rare diseases to be given the attention they need so that sufferers such as Max can get the medicines if at all…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady and other colleagues know from having worked on this important issue, we acted swiftly to change the law to make sure that medicinal cannabis was available. Those…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am agog—and aghast. Over the last year, we have not only delivered £33.9 billion of increased funding, but we have produced the long-term plan for the future of the NHS.…18 Jun 2019