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HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewMy hon. Friend is right: it is important that, where people who are working within the NHS or social care see wrongdoing or things that concern them, they have a safe space to…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewI thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing Mr Calvert’s case to my attention. The Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewes (Maria…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewThis is none of the things the hon. Gentleman claims.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewI agree very much with my hon. Friend. She will know from her own NHS trust, particularly the maternity problems there and the terrible cases set out in the Donna Ockenden report,…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewThe place-based working that the hon. Gentleman talks about is also at the heart of the integration White Paper that the Government presented recently.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewThe hon. Gentleman will know that the review specifically looked at the NHS and care in England, but there are important lessons here that can be drawn on by, for example, the…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewMy hon. Friend rightly never misses an opportunity to make the case for his local hospital. I have heard him carefully and I am happy to meet him to discuss it.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewI agree with my hon. Friend: that recommendation for a standard appraisal system, which, remarkably, does not exist at the moment, is of particular importance, like all of the…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewYes, I do.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewMy hon. Friend will not be surprised to learn, I hope, that as Health Secretary I think an individual’s biological sex is incredibly important when trying to meet their health…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewYes, I agree with my hon. Friend.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewMy hon. Friend will see when he has had the opportunity to read the report in full that it does rightly talk about the importance of that particular issue: ensuring that people…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewWhen it comes to ambulance services, an important part of the NHS, this review is just as important. We all want to see good leadership in ambulance services, but if we get better…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewIt was precisely because of that important point raised by my hon. Friend that when we had the recent Bill before Parliament—now the Health and Care Act 2022, thanks to the will…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewI know my right hon. Friend speaks with experience, and I appreciate that he will not have had time to look at the report in detail yet, but I think when he does read it he will…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewYes, I absolutely agree.08 Jun 2022HANSARDMonkeypoxFollowing announcements made by the UK Health Security Agency on 7,14,18 and 20 May, I am writing to inform the House that—as of 12 pm on Monday 23 May 2022—a total of 56…23 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldOf course it is not. I will come on to that in a moment. The hon. Lady knows full well why the NHS is facing its most challenging time in history. Being the best place in which to…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldIt is an honour to close this debate on the Loyal Address. In this platinum jubilee year, let me extend my thanks to Her Majesty the Queen for her years of dedicated service. I…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldThe Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield), met some of the victims of that today. There are plans that we are closely looking at and when we are…16 May 2022