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HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine Roll-outI am really delighted to highlight that news and I am also glad that, as the hon. Gentleman has just demonstrated, this is a national effort that we can all play our part in. The…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, we launched our UK vaccines delivery plan, which sets out how we will vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people every day, starting with the most vulnerable and staff…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentSome 99% of GP surgeries are members of primary care networks. The very small minority that are not are being dealt with to ensure that we have fair access to vaccines, and they…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, all these things are being looked at. The pressures on the NHS are very significant. I also want to say to people who have a healthcare condition that is not…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is right. The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee is wise to say that this will be a marathon, not a sprint. As of the early hours of this morning, we have…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTerminally Ill People: End of Life OptionsI am very happy to look at the suggestion that my right hon. Friend makes on this very sensitive subject. We want to see the highest possible standards of patient safety and, of…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTerminally Ill People: End of Life OptionsCare at the end of life is a crucial part of our health and care system, and we are committed to improving the quality of care for those at the end of life. Current practice is…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine Roll-outThere are very significant pressures on the NHS. On the specific question about oxygen supplies, the limitation is not the supply of oxygen itself; it is the ability to get the…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine Roll-outWe do now provide daily statistics on the roll-out of the vaccine, and we will provide more data as the system matures and the roll-out advances. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine Roll-outClearly, the IT underpinnings of this project are critical. The Pinnacle system is working well, but we are constantly monitoring it to make sure that it supports the roll-out of…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am really pleased that over the past few years in the English health service that I am responsible for, we have increased the pay of nursing staff. I am also pleased that when…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hope that by working through the Burnley and Lancashire councils, and by working with the national testing programme, we can get asymptomatic testing available for those who…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthYes, it is very much part of the plan; it is happening right now. On mutations and the link to the vaccine, as with flu, where mutations mean we have to change the vaccine each…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthWe have to see the impact of that vaccination on the reduction in the number of deaths, which I very much hope we will see at that point. That is why we will take an evidence-led…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthYes, but then I want to make some progress on the detail of the regulations.06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthWe have; we spent the summer working on that. The vaccine has sprung into prominence in the public debate over the past month or so, but we were working on that though the whole…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthOf course we are considering who, once we have vaccinated those who are clinically vulnerable, should be the next priority for vaccination. Teachers, of course, have a very strong…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthWhile these regulations do provide for new restrictions until the end of March, that is not because we expect the full national lockdown to continue until then, but to allow the…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthYes I will. I am glad I took that final intervention. The people of Wolverhampton have come together to deliver community testing in an incredibly impressive way. I have heard…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will try to answer these interventions briefly, but they are important because people want to know what is the way out of these restrictions,…06 Jan 2021