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HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryAgain, I agree. It is extremely important that we have the right levels of escalation and the right routes available to those raising concerns. I have already signalled to the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryThe hon. Gentleman raises an extremely important point. It is right that we focus on that and ensure that the concerns about the revolving door are addressed. On the decision…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. That is why in 2022 the guidance around the national freedom to speak up policy was strengthened —I mentioned the appointment…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryAgain, colleagues across the House know that protecting whistleblowers, including whistleblowers in the NHS, is something I have long championed. As I said earlier, the guidance…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI thank the hon. Gentleman for the content of his response and the manner in which he delivered it. I think it underscores the unity of this House in our condemnation of these…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI very much agree with the Chair of the Select Committee on the need for a one-team approach, and on looking at how we encourage more clinicians into management roles. We need to…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the crimes of Lucy Letby. On 18 August, as the whole House is…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryFirst of all, I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for the work she has done with the families and the staff in response to these terrible events. It is important that we reassure…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI am keen to give my right hon. Friend that assurance. I know that she has personally championed —as have a number of colleagues across the House—the interests of families in…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryAgain, my right hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. I am extremely keen that the families, as well as the Members of Parliament in Essex, are able to engage with the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryFirst, I join my right hon. and learned Friend in paying tribute to the trial judge and the jury; it must have been a very harrowing case for them to sit on and deal with. He…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend’s sentiment in putting families and their wishes central. I hope he will understand that as part of an independent inquiry, it will be for…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryThe key reforms include Getting It Right First Time, the work of Professor Tim Briggs—I raised with him the issue around Chester and the fact that his team have been reviewing…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the way that the trial re-triggered a lot of pain and suffering for the families. What I found particularly powerful when talking to…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for raising that extremely important point, because the cases of five of the babies concerned in the trial were cross-jurisdictional. It is…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryThe Kark recommendations that were accepted, which cover events since those covered at Chester, are believed to have addressed the concerns about the revolving door, but given the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryJust to reassure the right hon. Gentleman, it is not that we are waiting. Having discussed it with NHS England, not least in last week’s meeting looking at the Kark…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI hope that my hon. Friend will note that the appointment of a Court of Appeal judge underscores the seriousness of the inquiry into the murders by Letby. The decision before the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryThe hon. Lady raises extremely important issues and I am happy to give her the assurance that these issues will be explored. NHS England is looking at that. On the concerns…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryAgain, I very much agree on the imperative of learning from the various reviews that have taken place. That is why I have personally spoken to the chairs of those reviews over…04 Sept 2023