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HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: ScotlandI entirely agree that the vaccination programme has clearly been a huge UK success story and that is because of the UK working together: the NHS across the whole UK; the military…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMinisters were not involved in the decision by NHS Shared Business Services to facilitate the provision of salary advances in pilot schemes. I attended a social meeting organised…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very glad to say that the numbers that the hon. Lady uses are out of date. We have seen a very significant increase in the number of nurses and other staff in the NHS. In…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is a huge amount that we can learn from the early response to the pandemic, and it is very important that we adopt the scientific understanding and learnings as quickly as…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to be able to tell the House that, across the UK, we have met our target to offer a vaccine to everyone in the top nine priority groups ahead of the deadline on 15…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. I think that through the pandemic we have seen an improvement in our ability to see what is happening in the NHS right across the UK, and that helps us all work together…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateWe are putting a record amount of investment into the infrastructure of the NHS. That is evidenced by the questions that we have had already, with the improvements in Stoke,…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsScotland gets her fair share of vaccines allocated, and then we publish the amount of vaccines that are delivered. That is slightly lower in Scotland as a proportion of the…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateYes, I would. The NHS has clearly played such a critical part in the response to the pandemic in the last just over a year. I thank all those working in and around Stoke,…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are putting record resources in. Of the increase in the NHS budget, the fastest increase in the long-term plan settlement is for mental health services, and within that, for…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateI thank everybody who is working at Scunthorpe General Hospital for their incredible effort over the last year. My hon. Friend has been an assiduous campaigner for Scunthorpe…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s enthusiasm and support for that project, which the Prime Minister set out at a high level to the Liaison Committee. We are working hard,…13 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: ScotlandThe covid-19 vaccination programme has been the biggest in the history of the United Kingdom. The UK Government have ensured that the excellent work done by the vaccines taskforce…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Gentleman. I am very proud of how, across this House, people have united to support the vaccination effort and to get those messages out there…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHealth-Related ManufacturersThe UK is one of the best places in the world to locate a life sciences business. We are making vaccines in Livingston, Wrexham, Oxford and Hartlepool. We are making cell and gene…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe definition of “outdoors” used in these regulations is the one set out by the Labour Government in the ban on indoor smoking.13 Apr 2021HANSARDHealth Service Capital EstateIn our election manifesto, we committed to building 40 new hospitals by 2030 and upgrading another 20 hospitals. We are delivering on that commitment and now have plans to build…13 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to meet my hon. Friend. I am grateful to him for raising this vital question of local public health in the House, and I am absolutely determined that the…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHealth-Related ManufacturersThere might be a meeting of minds between the hon. Gentleman and me. Over the last year, we have developed the capacity to produce 70% of the country’s PPE needs here in the UK.…13 Apr 2021HANSARDCoronavirusIt is very difficult to know in advance. At the peak of this pandemic, we had 38,000 patients in hospital across the UK at any one time with covid, but of course that meant that…25 Mar 2021