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HANSARDEye Care: 10-year Health PlanAlthough the independent sector clearly has an important role to play in tackling waiting lists and backlogs, we will not tolerate any overpriced or sub-par care, and we will not…06 May 2025HANSARDEye Care: 10-year Health PlanICBs are responsible for the commissioning of these services, which are clearly extremely important, and the early intervention side of eye care is particularly important. I would…06 May 2025HANSARDGPs: Time with PatientsI am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that we have recruited over 1,500 additional GPs since October through an investment of £82 million, helping to fix the front door to the NHS.…06 May 2025HANSARDEmergency Dentistry: AccessWe are already rolling out our manifesto commitment of 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments per year. These appointments are available across the country for those…06 May 2025HANSARDEmergency Dentistry: AccessThe hon. Member is right to say that the dental contract is fundamentally flawed and needs reform. I met representatives of the British Dental Association on 8 April, and had a…06 May 2025HANSARDEmergency Dentistry: AccessThere is no perfect payment system. We have to look at the issue around units of dental activity, and at options around capitation and sessional payments, and come to a conclusion…06 May 2025HANSARD Community Health: Manchester RusholmeI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Rusholme (Afzal Khan) on securing this important debate. Before I begin my remarks, I would like to pay tribute to some of…28 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI will just make a little more progress, if I may. We are committed to rebuilding our NHS and rebuilding trust in Government. We will never play fast and loose with the public…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy hon. Friend is an outstanding champion for his constituents. I noted the point he made about A&E; that was nicely done. He is right in what he says about the motion. The…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. Baroness Casey is working at pace to get the commission up and running, and that will be launched this month. On her point about Think…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsIf hon. Members will bear with me, I will make a little bit more progress and then come back to them. Many Liberal Democrat colleagues have made the argument that with hospitals…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy hon. Friend is making some very strong points on behalf of his constituents. We would certainly be very happy to work more with him on some of those innovations. So often,…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy hon. Friend, who is a relentless campaigner for her constituents, is right: it was simply government by press release, with so many aspects of policy based on making…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy hon. Friend is a strong campaigner for his constituents. He is right that that development will be a game changer. It will be important that we keep people’s feet to the fire…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI was very pleased to see the £102 million capital investment in GP primary care. I encourage the hon. Gentleman’s ICB to look very carefully at that fund and to explore the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am sure the hon. Lady will appreciate the fact that we have now come forward with a programme built not on sand or smoke and mirrors, but on reality, and the hospital she…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for her constituents, and she is absolutely right. The point she makes raises the even bigger issue of trust in politics and the trust that…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy hon. Friend is also a doughty champion for his constituents. With each brick we build in the new hospital programme, I hope that we will start to rebuild some trust between his…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsThese decisions are the responsibility of ICBs, and the ICB is having to balance a range of pressures, as the hon. Member points out, created largely by the neglect and…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that community hospitals play a vital role, and I share her disappointment with the decisions that are being made. The fact of the matter is that…23 Apr 2025