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HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI will absolutely look into the request that the hon. Lady makes. The example that she gives locally in Hull is actually reflected across the country in terms of the need for…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanYes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right about this. I pay tribute to the work that he did as a Minister in this area. We have put forward £30 million to support mental health…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI will take advice and consideration from many people, but not from the hon. Gentleman, who for seven years has run a frankly outrageous campaign based on scare stories about…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 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI certainly did not say that the public health grant was small—I said that it was £16 billion over the last spending review period. But NHS spending as a whole, by the end of this…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanYes, absolutely. My hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for Torbay and for the English Riviera, and has made the case so strongly for his local hospital. I was delighted that we…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanPage 32 of the document sets out details on the integration with social care that the hon. Lady rightly calls for. Clearly, ensuring better integration in cases of dementia is…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI will raise the hon. Lady’s point with NHS Improvement, which considers these things. Local provision of services should, rightly, be decided by local clinical priorities, but…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanYes, of course. I am sure the whole House will join me in passing on our condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of my hon. Friend’s caseworker. He is doing right by her…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI will certainly take up the hon. Lady’s suggestion with Mike Richards, who is running a review of our screening programmes to ensure that they are all fit for purpose, run as…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Things like the daily mile, which I have participated in, are an incredibly important part of this. Prevention is about public health and…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. When people are in hospital, there will now be much more aggressive provision of counselling and support to stop them smoking. It is also about…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanThat is obviously not right. Indeed, there is a whole section of the plan on reducing health inequalities, which is extremely important.07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanYes. I feel strongly about this. Chapter 5 of the plan is all about digitally enabled care. The interoperability of data between systems in different parts of the NHS is…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI know that the hon. Gentleman takes a close interest in that, as chair of the all-party group. Obviously we need more nurses. The vacancies are, in many cases, filled by…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need not only more funding for mental health, which is in the plan, but more joined-up delivery of mental health services. Since the birth…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 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 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 PlanSupporting children with mental ill health is an incredibly important part of the plan, from early intervention on anxiety and depression through to support for those with more…07 Jan 2019