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HANSARDRural Areas: Access to Health CareI know that my hon. Friend has worked with the National Centre for Rural Health and Care and chairs the all-party group on rural health and social care. She is right to mention…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Access to Health CareThe long-term plan that the Department published in January commits to delivering fully integrated community-based healthcare in primary and community hubs. It confirms that the…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Health Service FundingI met the hon. Gentleman recently to talk about ambulance provision in his constituency and the Morecambe bay area, and I hope he is now satisfied with the progress we are making…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Health Service FundingI do not always agree with the hon. Gentleman, but he is right to make that point. I know from very personal experience that dementia affects people in different ways, which is…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Health Service FundingMy right hon. Friend is right to raise that point, which has been raised with me several times. The new funding formula that the independent advisory committee is setting up will…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Health Service FundingThe hon. Gentleman is right, which is why the Green Paper will have long-term plans on mental health and, indeed, dementia. I think he will be pleased to see that when the Green…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Health Service FundingAdjustments are already being made in the funding formula for differences in costs related to rurality or location. Northumberland CCG will receive an extra £1.1 million in…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRegulation of Physician Associates and Anaesthesia AssociatesToday I am pleased to announce that we have asked the General Medical Council (GMC) to regulate physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) across the UK. On 7…18 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandI will come to the number of nurses in training and related issues in a moment, to address the hon. Lady’s comments. Associated with the long-term plan is the people plan, which…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandThe hon. Lady will know that the CQC regime puts directives in place if staffing levels are not there. The local providers are then forced to address those issues. The…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandThe figures show an increase in applicants this year. The hon. Lady will know that there are 1.4 applications for each place, and she will have heard me say that we are creating…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Moon. I look forward to responding to the debate, which has been interesting, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Wolverhampton…17 Jul 2019HANSARDPromoting Professionalism, Reforming RegulationToday I am publishing the Government response to the consultation “Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation”. “Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation” set out…09 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Procurement and Subcontractor ExclusionAs I said earlier in my remarks, each principal supply chain partner must make sure that their internal policies and procedures align with the requirements of the framework, but…04 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Procurement and Subcontractor ExclusionI am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. It is absolutely the commitment of the Government to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are not excluded from any…04 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Procurement and Subcontractor ExclusionTo be absolutely clear, I was not suggesting that Kier had not necessarily followed best practice, and it certainly had not acted unlawfully. I was suggesting that, as I said a…04 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Procurement and Subcontractor ExclusionIt is a pleasure to respond, and I thank the hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis) for securing this debate to highlight an issue about which he rightly feels very strongly, as it…04 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Procurement and Subcontractor ExclusionI want to speak about the overall process later in my speech. Having been to Nottingham to open the national procurement centre for the NHS last week, I am clear that we should…04 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Procurement and Subcontractor ExclusionWhat I can say to the hon. Gentleman—he has heard me say this twice, and I am happy to have a longer discussion with him outside this debate—is that there is a process in place…04 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS PensionsThe consultation is both. I recognise, as I said a few moments ago, that the 50:50 option has not received unequivocal support from the BMA, but to its great credit, it has asked…26 Jun 2019