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HANSARDVirtual WardsI welcome the Chair of the Select Committee back from parental leave and greatly look forward to working with her again. Virtual wards allow patients to get hospital-level care in…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployer’s National Insurance: GPsAgain, I find it extraordinary that Conservative Members have the brass neck to ask those kinds of questions. They created the mess, and now they are criticising us—it is a bit…21 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: Ringfenced FundingI find it quite extraordinary that Opposition Members come to this House and lecture us on the sustainability of funding, given the way in which they crashed the economy and left…21 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: Ringfenced FundingI am delighted that Julia’s House hospice received £525,000 from the allocation. I am sure that was very welcome to the staff and the families. It is also worth noting that, of…21 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: Ringfenced FundingChildren’s hospices provide crucial support, but for too long they have faced the cliff edge of annual funding cycles. I am really proud that we have provided certainty with a…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployer’s National Insurance: GPsThanks to the decisions taken by the Chancellor at the Budget, we are investing an extra £1.1 billion in general practice—the biggest increase in a decade. That funding has…21 Oct 2025HANSARDHospital to Community CareThe Darzi investigation found that NHS resources are too focused on hospitals at the expense of community care. Our reforms will turn the NHS into more of a neighbourhood health…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have pointed out, we are providing unprecedented levels of funding for hospices, but there is clearly a challenging fiscal position. I note that in their manifesto the…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI did not hear the hon. Gentleman welcome the fact that we provided £100 million—an unprecedented amount—in capital funding for hospices, and £26 million a year and £80 million…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Member for that question. Security of supply is obviously of importance to the entire Government. My portfolio includes pharmacy, which is a very important…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Hospices: South-east EnglandThe hon. Lady will know that children’s hospices are in a different situation from adult hospices: there has always been a centralised grant for children’s hospices, whereas the…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Hospices: South-east EnglandI thank the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Alison Bennett) for securing this vital debate. I also thank all those who work or volunteer in the palliative care and end-of-life care…16 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Hospice FundingI am delighted to announce to the House today that the Government and NHS England can now confirm the continuation of the centrally administered children’s hospice funding,…16 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituents, who are clearly going through an extremely difficult and challenging time. I strongly recommend that they contact ACAS and the PDA,…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyWe are actively working with integrated care boards, NHS England, the General Pharmaceutical Council and, indeed, trade unions to ensure that all of these issues are being taken…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI agree with the hon. Member on the vital role played by community pharmacy now and going into the future. We want that role to continue and, indeed, to be strengthened and…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI thank the hon. Lady and pay tribute to her work as Chair of the Select Committee. I am very proud of the fact that we delivered a £500 million uplift to pharmacy—19% across the…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyThat is an excellent suggestion; I will do that. We are hearing colleague after colleague say that staff are not being paid, and if there is clear evidence of a breach of…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI do not think that is an accurate characterisation of what I am saying. I am saying that we are taking action against Jhoots from the regulatory point of view, and there is…15 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI pay tribute to the Boots employees in the hon. Member’s constituency where Jhoots is not providing the service that is required. We appreciate that. I can assure him that…15 Oct 2025