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HANSARDMental 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 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)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)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)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)I am grateful to the hon. Member for bringing this issue before the Committee. This Government are committed to tackling health inequalities. The NHS continues to pursue its…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 2025HANSARD Access to GPsI will certainly congratulate Dr Viv Poskitt—I think I have got the name right—on being a GP, although I will probably not congratulate her on being a Liberal Democrat town…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsI agree absolutely with the points that the hon. Gentleman makes. We will very shortly publish our 10-year plan for the NHS. As I will say a little later in my speech, a big part…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsThe hon. Member speaks with great knowledge and expertise in this area, so I am pleased that he is here for this debate. He is right that it is about the skills mix. Many GPs…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsWe have to have a mixture of access channels. The telephone is very important, as is being able to turn up in person, but we also need to shift more to online booking. I am really…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsIf the hon. Member could write to me on that issue, I would be more than happy to look into it. I am always keen to help hon. Members to get their ICBs to move in the right…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsThe hon. Gentleman is right; one challenge we face is that, where we are developing new centres of housing, we are not getting the social infrastructure wrapping around them. We…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsI thank the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) for raising GP access, which is a vital matter for so many of our constituents. I congratulate him on securing his first…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsI am sure the hon. Gentleman will welcome the fact that we secured a record £889 million increase in the GP contract. That is a first step in digging us out of the very deep hole…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI stand at the Dispatch Box alongside the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman), not as the…20 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In many ways, the best way to look at the issue of discharge is to start thinking about it almost as soon as the patient is admitted. We need…19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I will respond to the questions that have been asked. The hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon asked what training…19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I will speak first to amendment 46. We agree with the principle of the amendment, but do not think it necessary. Under the Bill, if an individual who is likely to benefit from…19 Jun 2025