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HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareThe Government announced a commission on the future of adult social care. A separate commission was announced by my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) on…13 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesIt sounds like there is some interesting, dynamic and innovative work going on in the areas that the hon. Gentleman mentioned. I would be happy to meet him to discuss it further.07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure the hon. Lady will welcome the fact that we have found an £86 million uplift for the disabled facilities grant, but on the specific question she raises, I would be happy…07 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesAs Lord Darzi’s independent investigation found, around 1 million people are waiting to access mental health services in England. This Government will fix our broken mental health…07 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesIn addition to the measures that I just set out, in the Budget the Chancellor made funding available to expand talking therapies to 380,000 extra patients. We have a £26 million…07 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Social CareThis Government will never shy away from taking the choices necessary to fix the public finances and rebuild our public services. It is thanks to those choices that we are able to…07 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Social CareThere is a pattern here. The Conservatives welcome the additional investment in health and care but oppose the choices that we have made to raise the revenue. They need to tell us…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her excellent question. She is right that it is vital to move services from hospital to community. The Chancellor made funding available for 380,000…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: the NHS dental contract simply is not working. We are working with the sector to reform the contract, with a shift to focusing on prevention…07 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesMy hon. Friend raises an important point, which provides an opportunity for us all to reflect on the incredible work of those working in our health service; they are, in many…07 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Social CareI refer the hon. Lady to my previous answer on the very substantial funding that we are providing to local authorities, which of course are key to the adult social care system.…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to describe the Isle of Wight as a dental desert. That is perhaps one of the reasons why the good people of that island elected a Labour Member…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCounsellors and PsychotherapistsCounsellors and psychotherapists form an integral part of the NHS mental health workforce, delivering support to people with mental ill health across a range of settings in…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are making a priority of resuming consultations with the sector to stabilise community pharmacy. Pharmacy First has built on existing services to increase the clinical scope.…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCounsellors and PsychotherapistsAs I have said in answers to previous questions, and as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has said, there is something of a pattern emerging here: Opposition Members say…07 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesWe remain absolutely committed to the mental health investment standard. We have prioritised the expansion of NHS talking therapies and individual placement and support schemes,…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Community Pharmacies: Devon and the South-westIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) for ensuring that this really important debate…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Community Pharmacies: Devon and the South-westI thank the shadow Minister for that intervention. I am as frustrated as everybody else about the delay. The reason for the delay is that the negotiations did not get over the…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Dental Healthcare: East AngliaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew) for securing this vital debate on dental healthcare…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Dental Healthcare: East AngliaI was just going to say that we are continuing to meet the British Dental Association and other representatives of the dental sector to discuss how we can best deliver our shared…11 Dec 2024