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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is quite right. As part of the long-term plan, we have considered the best way to commission sexual health services, which were moved over to local authorities five…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 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 StaffingI have had those discussions, and the Migration Advisory Committee has raised a specific concern about social care. We need to deliver better social care, with people coming from…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS StaffingThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We have expanded the number of medical training places; we have more people going into medicine; and we have a record number of GPs…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 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 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 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesThe shadow Secretary of State raises important questions, and I will try to address them all. Ultimately, I strongly agree with him that this is about standards of care. People…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesI will happily look into the last point for the hon. Lady. She is absolutely right that a hospital should be a role model of fresh and healthy food, because after all, what is a…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesI entirely agree with and endorse what the hon. Lady has said. She is quite right to point out that a meal has to be appetising as well as nutritious. The best hospitals deliver…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend and erstwhile campaign manager for his question. I am glad to hear that the patient who is his constituent is recovering. I am informed that…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesYes, of course. Millions of meals are served in NHS hospitals each year. While we regret any death, especially a death that could have been avoided, the overall food in hospitals…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point—even more than he says. Without genomics, which the UK is the world leader in, it would have been impossible to link the…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesI would like to update the House on the actions the Government are taking to protect the public following cases of listeria in hospitals linked to contaminated food. The NHS has…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesMy right hon. Friend— [ Interruption. ] Not yet. My hon. Friend rightly raises the question of the supply chain, and it is true that the food in question came from North Country…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesI agree with the hon. Lady on the need for food to be produced in-house whenever possible, especially as the evidence from some of the best hospitals in the country is that it is…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesMaking sure that there are enough nurses on wards is incredibly important for delivering good patient care not just in relation to food, but more broadly. My hon. Friend raises…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesI agree wholeheartedly with the wise words of my hon. Friend.17 Jun 2019HANSARD HealthThe public health grant is settled in the spending review. The NHS settlement has come before the spending review, and the public health grant is only one part of the approach to…14 May 2019