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HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandWe recognise that the partnership model has many strengths. It is a very important part of the system, and it helps to drive efficiency, innovation and a kind of go-getting…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for that fun fact. I will come on to it a bit later in my speech, but the £102 million primary care utilisation fund will make…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandI am impressed by the way the hon. Gentleman did that and I congratulate him on it. If he would care to write to me to set that out, I will have a look at it and get back to him.…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandIntegrated care boards in the south-west have received almost £1.3 billion in their primary medical care allocation for ’25-26, which is an increase of nearly 13% compared with…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandThat is an extraordinary statistic. There are clearly major imbalances in the way the system works and general practice is funded in our country. A little later I will come to the…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I thank the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing this debate and raising this important…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandIn debates about how we deliver health and care in our country, the question often comes up about the balance between the role of the DHSC at the centre, the role of ICBs and the…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandWe have been really pleased with the take-up under the ARRS. It is a rapid and clear way of recruiting, particularly because it has the ringfence and the reimbursement system…25 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Clauses 55 to 59 are the general provisions of the Bill. They include the powers to make provision that is consequential on the Bill by regulations. The clauses also set out the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Hallam for tabling this important new clause, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock for moving it on her behalf. The…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his question about devolved powers. We have worked closely with the Welsh Government on the Bill. The Senedd has yet to vote, but the Welsh…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)We all agree that patient safety is paramount. Anyone who receives treatment in an in-patient mental health facility deserves safe and high-quality care. There have been too many…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)We believe that everyone should receive treatment for mental illness as close to home as possible, but there are circumstances in which placement on a ward outside the area where…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this issue to the Committee. I thank her for her powerful speech, which drew on specific experiences of people who have been…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I would be more than happy to meet my hon. Friend. It is also worth mentioning the independent advisory panel on deaths in custody report, which she mentioned. We are considering…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester for bringing this issue before us. We are committed to closely monitoring the quality of in-patient care and driving continuous…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I congratulate Lynfield Mount on the important work it is doing—and I congratulate my hon. Friend on that extremely strategic intervention. Yes, I would of course be more than…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Guildford for bringing the issue before the Committee. While most veterans lead healthy and successful lives following their service in the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth, for bringing this issue forward. Two major independent reviews into the Care Quality…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)The Dash review is looking at the landscape regarding all the different institutions and organisations, including the PHSO and the CQC, to map out how they interact with each…24 Jun 2025