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HANSARD Paterson InquiryI am sure we will work with the devolved Administrations in the normal way we do with all healthcare policy. Again, I give my assurances that we will be taking the recommendations…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryI thank my predecessor in my post for her comments. She did an amazing job, and I am sure she will have been involved in this at the time. She is absolutely right: whistleblowers,…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryI am totally with the hon. Lady, and as a nurse myself, I know that that happens with senior nurses, not only senior doctors, because there is the same culture of fear, and of not…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThe national guardians scheme involves 500 healthcare professionals, who are identified by their lanyards alone to show that they are people to whom whistleblowers can speak both…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryThere was actually quite a long process. As I say, Paterson practised between 1997 and 2011, and there was quite a long process of reporting and of concerns being raised about his…04 Feb 2020HANSARDLife ExpectancyI could not agree more with my right hon. Friend. We want everyone to have the same opportunity to have a long and healthy life, whoever they are, wherever they are and whatever…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLife ExpectancyAlthough life expectancy at birth remains the highest it has been, we want everyone to have the same opportunity to have a long, healthy life, whoever they are, wherever they live…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLife ExpectancyI am unaware of the closure of that hospice, but my door is open to the hon. Lady. If she would like to see me at the back of the Speaker’s Chair after questions, we can arrange a…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLife ExpectancyThe best way to improve life expectancy is to prevent health problems from arising in the first place. Prevention is one of the top five priorities for the health service, and we…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLife ExpectancyWe will introduce mandatory training for all health and social care practitioners. I hope that that will address the particular problem that the hon. Lady has brought up. It comes…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLife ExpectancyI very much agree, and that is where the Government are directing their efforts. My hon. Friend mentioned screening; we have put extra resources into screening and scanners,…28 Jan 2020HANSARDPrimodosMinisters have not received any recent representations. However, as we know, Baroness Cumberlege is leading the independent medicines and medical devices safety review, which…28 Jan 2020HANSARDPrimodosBaroness Cumberlege’s review is examining what happened in the case of Primodos and will determine what further action is required. Ministers will consider any recommendations…28 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this issue, and also my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mrs Elphicke), who made an excellent speech last night about this very issue at East…28 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am afraid I have to inform my hon. Friend and the House that the additional cases have now been identified and the total number that might be relevant to the review now stands…20 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am afraid I have to inform my hon. Friend and the House that the additional cases have now been identified and the total number relevant to the review now stands at 900, a small…20 Jan 2020HANSARD Ockenden Review of Maternity Care: Shrewsbury and TelfordIt is an absolute honour and a delight to be responding to this debate with you in the Chair, Mr Speaker—it is the first time I have done so—and congratulations. I congratulate my…15 Jan 2020HANSARD Ockenden Review of Maternity Care: Shrewsbury and TelfordAbsolutely, and I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. Yes, the Department is liaising closely with Donna Ockenden about what support she needs to conclude her work as…15 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareObviously I cannot comment on an individual case, but what I can say is that the NICE guidelines on assessment for suicide were recently sent out to A&E departments to ensure that…05 Nov 2019HANSARDHealth and Social CareObviously I cannot comment on an individual case, but what I can say is that the NICE guidelines on assessment for suicide were recently sent out to A&E departments to ensure that…05 Nov 2019