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HANSARD Ockenden ReportIf I may, I will write to the hon. Lady about the national clinical audit. As for her important point about boards, the report refers to their importance and the importance of…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportLet me first thank my hon. Friend for her approach and her role in helping to make the report happen, and for the way in which she has worked with me, and with Ministers in my…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportYes, I can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. We are more than happy to reach out to the Northern Ireland health service and to work proactively with it on improving…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportYes, I can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. I can add that Donna Ockenden, in doing her work, looked at cases from Wales as well. The issue that my hon. Friend has raised has…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. I assure her that constituents throughout Shropshire, Telford and the Wrekin, and indeed families across England, will be safer as a result…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportThe hon. Lady is right to talk about the importance of having the right workforce, and certainly more midwives. I can tell her than last year there were 30,185 acceptances for…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. One of the reasons we are creating the special health authority that I referred to earlier is to provide that independence, and also more…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportI can assure my hon. Friend that there have already been a number of changes in the CQC’s approach, but I cannot give an assurance that it has changed enough, because this report…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Ockenden report. The independent review was set up in 2017 in response to concerns from bereaved families…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportI thank my hon. Friend for saying what she has said in the way that she did, and also for talking about her own experience. She is absolutely right to emphasise the point that the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportYes, I can give my hon. Friend, and my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire, who cannot be with us today, the reassurance that they seek.30 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Testing: Future Approach in EnglandOn 21 February 2022, the Government published, “Covid-19 Response: Living with Covid-19” which set out the Government’s plan for living with covid-19. This included removing…29 Mar 2022HANSARDHealthcare ReformI wish to update the House on my vision on health reform, “Our Health System: the Government’s reform agenda”. In today’s address, I outlined our intention to take bold action on…08 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Social CareFirst, I wish a happy St David’s day to the hon. Member and all those celebrating. I would be happy to meet her on this issue. The Government greatly value the role of physician…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Social CareFirst, I wish a happy St David’s day to the hon. Member and all those celebrating. I would be happy to meet her on this issue. The Government greatly value the role of physician…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.01 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI once again express my condolences to my right hon. Friend for his loss. He is absolutely right to raise this issue and the need for more research. That is one of the reasons…01 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, the hon. Gentleman should not believe everything he reads in the press. We would think he knew that by now. As I said, when it comes to funding our plan for living with…01 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that for medicines to be generally available on the NHS, they have to be deemed safe and effective by the independent medical regulator. That requires…01 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I wish a happy St David’s day to the hon. Member and all those celebrating. I would be happy to meet her on this issue. The Government greatly value the role of physician…01 Mar 2022