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HANSARDAntimicrobial Resistance: VaccinesThe new five-year national action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance contains the commitment to support more research into new and alternative treatments, including vaccines…26 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS Access StandardsIt is a great pity to see the hon. Gentleman back up there on the Back Benches as he was such a force—and a rare force—for reason and progress on the Opposition Front Bench until…26 Mar 2019HANSARDAccess to GPsPrimary and community care are set to receive an additional £4.5 billion a year of taxpayers’ money as part of the NHS long-term plan, to ensure that we can get the best possible…26 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS Access StandardsOf course, we are aiming to meet and improve against the targets, including with the injection of the extra money—£34 billion extra in cash terms over the next five years. At the…26 Mar 2019HANSARDAccess to GPsThis is an incredibly important agenda that is close to my heart. It is at the core of the prevention of ill health to ensure that we have the right primary care services. Yes,…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTackling Violence: Public Health ApproachWe are pursuing a multi-agency approach to prevent and tackle serious violence. Healthcare is of course one of the important and relevant agencies that need to work together right…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTackling Violence: Public Health ApproachI am a huge fan of the public health approach to tackling knife crime. In fact, I was in Croydon yesterday to talk to charities and to students at Croydon College about the role…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a range of work going on to improve access to innovative new treatments, both pharmaceutical treatments and the broader treatments that the hon. Gentleman describes,…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will certainly do that, and I am very surprised and disappointed to hear what my hon. Friend has to report. I pay tribute to her work in leading on this agenda, including…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have called in the independent review panel and asked it to consider all the evidence, at the request of the local council, to ensure that we properly assess all the evidence.…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely. My hon. Friend is right to stress the role of families in supporting the children of alcoholics. We made progress on that and were able to announce funding just last…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe relative funding across the country for different areas is assessed independently, and by law NHS England makes that assessment. I am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is no better advocate for Hornchurch in the Chamber than my hon. Friend. She made her case with passion and commitment and I was very impressed by it. I will write to her…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, of course, I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and his constituent. He is right that the fall in deaths from breast cancer is huge progress that we have made as a…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is astonishing, is it not? My right hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Greg Hands) has made this case with objective clarity and reasonableness, is supporting his…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, of course, I would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend and talk about her constituent’s concerns.26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is an important part of the agenda that we look right across the piece at interventions that can benefit patients. I know full well, not least because I am married to a former…26 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren’s Health and WellbeingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this. The most forward-looking CCGs in the country are working with all sorts of partners—the voluntary sector, charities, local…26 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren’s Health and WellbeingI would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and his all-party group on social media and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. It is an incredibly important topic. We…26 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren’s Health and WellbeingI agree with the hon. Lady on both counts. My hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) was an excellent Public Health Minister, who did exemplary work and drove the…26 Mar 2019