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HANSARDLeaving the EU: Contingency PlanningWe do not want a no-deal scenario in our exit from the European Union, but it is incumbent on us to prepare in case. We asked medical suppliers to stockpile a further six-week…15 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Contingency PlanningIt is incumbent on me as Health Secretary and on my team to ensure that we prepare for all potential scenarios. Of course, because of the overwhelming vote of the House in favour…15 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend, who of course did so much to set in train the modern health service that we know and whose reforms were kept and, indeed,…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanNo; we are proposing to have more targeted support for those who need it, to ensure that we get support to the areas of nursing with the most acute shortages, such as community…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanMy hon. Friend is quite right: we must focus on the substance of what is needed to deliver an NHS that will be there for us all in our hour of greatest need. That is what we…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Throughout this statement, Opposition Members have been murmuring from a sedentary position about the public health budget. Let me…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanMy response is yes on the cancer screening—it is in paragraph 3.53. I want to return to the point that was made by the hon. Lady and by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanYes, I would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the legislative changes. These changes have been proposed by the NHS. The NHS wants the changes set out at a high…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanWhen I answered a previous question on the timing of the social care Green Paper, I said it would be provided “soon.” I certainly intend that to happen before April. My previous…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanWhen I referenced Churchill, I did not realise that it would be in front of his family. My right hon. Friend is quite right about the need for a just culture—a need for…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanAs I have said, after I became Secretary of State, we put £240 million extra into social care, and there will be £650 million next year.07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI have a lot of sympathy with the right hon. Gentleman’s argument. The target for this March, which I inherited, was for a reduction of a third to a half. We are at a reduction of…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI welcome much of the tone of the hon. Lady’s remarks. The truth is that it is critical to ensure that we have the workforce and the people to deliver the plan. There is a whole…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanWe are already looking at that subject. It is very complicated because of the nature of assets owned by GPs—their value having risen sharply over the last generation. However, we…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanThere is £16 billion ring-fenced for public health in this spending review. Crucially, we want the whole NHS to be focused on keeping people healthy as well as curing them when…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanYes. I am a strong supporter of district general hospitals and community hospitals. So often, local matters because it matters to patients and their families. If someone is having…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanWe will listen to and learn from what clinicians say about what legislative changes are needed now. This document is all about concentrating on what is the right thing for the…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanAs my right hon. Friend says, from its inception and the first White Paper throughout most of its history, the NHS has been supported and nurtured by a Conservative Secretary of…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanWe very much agree with the thrust and purpose of the hon. Gentleman’s remarks. In fact, paragraph 3.56 sets out how we are learning from what has happened in Liverpool and…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanAt the moment, as somebody transitions from children’s mental health services to adult mental health services, there is often a gap in provision as they register for the adult…07 Jan 2019