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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is absolutely the top priority I am working on at the moment. I am totally seized of the challenge that my hon. Friend mentions. I have mentioned some of the reforms we are…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsWe are taking action to increase the workforce in general practice. We have managed to hit our target of recruiting 26,000 extra clinicians a year earlier. In fact, we have 29,000…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsWe committed in our manifesto to increasing the number and availability of appointments by 50 million. We are well on our way to meeting that target, as I have mentioned—we had…06 Jun 2023HANSARDDental Recovery PlanOur dental plan will be out shortly. We are already taking steps to reform the contract. We have created more bands for units of dental activity, to better reflect the fair cost…06 Jun 2023HANSARDDental Recovery PlanI was seized by the thoughtful comments that my hon. Friend made in that Westminster Hall debate. We are working on all those ideas, and the plan will be out very shortly.06 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI had a useful conversation with the Scottish public health Minister where we discussed many of these issues. We are providing huge cost of living support—some of the most…06 Jun 2023HANSARDDental Recovery PlanAt every stage, we are taking action to get more dentists doing NHS work. There are 6.5% more dentists doing NHS work than in 2010. The hon. Gentleman has an important idea. We…06 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are still committed to reducing the advertising of unhealthy food, including the junk food watershed that will be implemented in 2025. Ahead of that, we are taking action on…06 Jun 2023HANSARDSun Protection Products: AffordabilityLast month was melanoma month and skin cancer month, and people are increasingly aware of the risks of excessive sun exposure without protection. Through the energy price…06 Jun 2023HANSARDSun Protection Products: AffordabilityAs the hon. Gentleman knows, tax matters are for the Treasury, but we are absolutely committed to providing cost of living support. By the end of June the Government will have…06 Jun 2023HANSARDSun Protection Products: AffordabilityThe hon. Gentleman is campaigning for a reduction in the VAT on suncream, but let me put this into perspective. As I have said, our cost of living support is worth, on average,…06 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend and her leadership on this issue. Many of the ideas that she has been putting forward are already in the plan that we set out to tackle youth…06 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss those important issues further.06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsMy hon. Friend is quite right that we absolutely need to go further. That is why, through the primary care recovery plan, we are taking some of the pressure off general practice,…06 Jun 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsI have already noted that we have increased the number of doctors in general practice by nearly 2,000 since 2019 alone. The number of direct patient-facing staff in general…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Healthcare Facilities: RoystonI congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Sir Oliver Heald) on securing this important debate and I thank him for his work…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Healthcare Facilities: RoystonI am happy to conclude as I started, by saying that I would love to continue that conversation with my right hon. and learned Friend, his constituents and local clinicians. I…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Dental Care: DurhamLet me come directly to the questions asked by the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy). She called for a comprehensive dental reform plan. Yes, we will do that, and we…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandWe will set out our plans extremely shortly on the future of the workforce and on growing training places. I am sure we will look closely and with great interest at individual…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandAbsolutely. I mentioned that in the last financial year we brought in the 110% flexibility so that those who do want to go further and deliver more NHS care were able to do so. We…24 May 2023