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HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareThis really has been a vibrant and powerful debate. I thank the Liberal Democrats for using their Opposition day constructively to shine a searing spotlight on the challenges that…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareShould’ve gone to Specsavers! [ Laughter. ]16 Oct 2024HANSARDAdult Social CareAfter 14 years of Tory neglect and incompetence, adult social care is on its knees. The number of people receiving long-term care decreased between 2015 and 2023, and there were a…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAdult Social CareIt beggars belief that Opposition Members should lecture us on fiscal discipline when there is a £22 billion in-year black hole. We are committed to consulting widely on the…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAdult Social CareThat is an extremely important question. I recognise that dementia is a huge issue that impacts on the entire country and, indeed, many Members on both sides of the House. We are…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAdult Social CareI am not sure if the right hon. Gentleman was listening to my previous answer. We have just set out a groundbreaking piece of legislation to settle the issue of adult social care…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the excellent work he does for the people of Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme. The scale of the problem that he points out is massive.…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkMy hon. Friend is right. South Yorkshire has the highest level of hospital tooth extractions in England, and I want to assure him that we will target interventions at the areas of…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkWe are in a situation where a staggering 28% of the country—13 million people—have a need that is unmet by NHS dentistry. There are so many issues that we need to resolve. We are…15 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkI find it extraordinary that yet again we see a total lack of humility and contrition from the Opposition. The key difference that we will see in how our United Kingdom works is…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to NHS Mental Health ServicesOur mental health service is on its knees, thanks to 14 years of Tory neglect and mismanagement. A staggering 1 million people are waiting to access mental health services, and…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to NHS Mental Health ServicesI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who is doing excellent work for the people of North Durham. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank our mental health nurses, who do…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to NHS Mental Health ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for raising that deeply tragic case. Words cannot express the heartbreak caused to Jamie Pearson’s friends and family. I hope it might be some small comfort…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to NHS Mental Health ServicesI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question and the passion with which he put it. We are committed to rolling out Young Futures hubs across the country and, of course, we need to…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to NHS Mental Health ServicesWe are absolutely committed to the three shifts: from hospital to community, from sickness to prevention and from analogue to digital. The sickness to prevention aspect is…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to Primary CareAs identified in Lord Darzi’s review, primary care is broken. Satisfaction with GP services has fallen from a peak of 80% in 2009 to just 35% last year—a truly damning indictment…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to Primary CareThe hon. Member is absolutely right: there are seriously under-doctored areas of the country. Given the finite resources that we have, we must focus on areas with the greatest…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to Primary CarePatients have an absolute right to complain about NHS services, and they should not be removed from a practice’s list because of a complaint they have made. Health is of course…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to Primary CareWe are absolutely committed to the challenge of cutting red tape and reducing the administrative burden for staff to help patients get the care that they need. An important…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to Primary CareI note that Wolverhampton West has seen a decrease of 28 full-time equivalent GPs since 2018, which of course massively exacerbates the issues to which my hon. Friend refers. We…15 Oct 2024