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HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI join my hon. Friend in celebrating that unit and his advocacy for people affected by mental health.07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportThe remaining provisions will be commenced as soon as possible. We are working with the NHS towards implementing new waiting time standards for people requiring urgent and…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportWe are currently responding to pre-legislative scrutiny, so we are on the case. We are not just waiting, of course, and we are already doing things on these points, including…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI assure the hon. Lady that all contributions were fed into the major conditions strategy process. The reason why we are making the mental health strategy part of the major…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI am conscious that we need to help the sector to maintain and grow its levels of service. I finish by paying tribute to all those who do so much to support people’s mental…07 Jun 2023HANSARDTackling ObesityThe Government are committed to helping people live healthier lives. The 2019 health survey for England estimated that over 12 million adults were living with obesity—28% of the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI am terribly sorry to hear about the hon. Lady’s constituent’s case, which I will look at extremely closely. This is why we are putting in extra investment and tackling waiting…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI will make a bit of progress before I give way. The long-term plan will ensure that 345,000 more children and young people can get the mental health support they need when they…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportThose are not figures that I am familiar with or recognise, but I will certainly take this up with the London commissioners because it sounds like an important issue. I have…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI will make a little progress first. We know that the number of children and young people experiencing mental ill health is rising, and that many of them will continue to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “notes the increased burden on mental health following the pandemic, including on young…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportThis is an extremely important issue that the hon. Gentleman is quite right to raise. We will be producing the results of the rapid review in the coming weeks, so he will not have…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI was just coming to that, but on the point about prevention and the social origins of these things, we are in agreement about tackling the origins of these things. In terms of…07 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have already mentioned that we have nearly 2,000 more doctors in primary care than we did in 2019, as well as the early delivery of the 26,000 extra clinicians we have brought…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsIt was an absolute pleasure to meet the Modha family and see the inspirational work happening in my hon. Friend’s constituency. In our primary care recovery plan we are learning…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsInternational recruitment is up. In fact, we have 38,000 more doctors and 54,000 more nurses in the NHS than in 2010. In England at least, we are taking every step we can to draw…06 Jun 2023HANSARDPrimary Health Care Facility: East SeftonThe Government are providing record levels of capital to the NHS, with more than £24 billion allocated between 2022-23 and 2024-25, over £12 billion of which is allocated to…06 Jun 2023HANSARDPrimary Health Care Facility: East SeftonThe hon. Member has been campaigning doggedly for this for several years, and I am sure that his local ICB will be strongly seized of that and the strong arguments for it. He…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsMy hon. Friend modestly does not mention his role in advocating for that important reform, which will help to increase the number of highly qualified GPs coming from other…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsThe funding formula already takes account of rurality. I hear the hon. Gentleman’s argument, but it is worth noting that our GPs are doing more than ever before. In the year to…06 Jun 2023