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HANSARD Recovering Access to Primary CareAs I said in my statement, we have 4,000 doctors training in primary care, compared with 2,600 in 2014. We are also looking at how we can better retain the GPs we have. That is…09 May 2023HANSARD Recovering Access to Primary CareMy hon. Friend has a great deal of experience, and he is right to focus on the amount of clinical time often spent on non-clinical issues. Sending reminders through the NHS app…09 May 2023HANSARDAgenda for Change: Pay DealI am pleased to be able to inform the House that today I am formally confirming that the Government will move to implement the offer made to “Agenda for Change” staff, following…03 May 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThe hon. Gentleman is right that we should narrow the health inequalities gap, and we are committed to doing that. That is why in the women’s health strategy, which I set out in…25 Apr 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareTo be honest, I think the position is mixed. In certain areas we have seen significant improvements in performance: the faster diagnosis standard, for example, was hit for the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment: Waiting TimesMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the interaction of workforce and capacity in equipment. That is why we have 810 more consultant training places over three years, and we have…25 Apr 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThere is consensus in the House on our desire to close the health inequality gap—everyone agrees that is a key aim. The hon. Gentleman seems to have written the question before…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is a huge opportunity. My right hon. Friend and I have discussed this matter outside the Chamber, and I met Ben Goldacre in the summer to discuss his fantastic work in the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsThe hon. Lady raises an important issue related to MS. I am happy to write to her with a more detailed answer about the capability and the plan. There is always a tendency within…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are committed to a major conditions paper, not least because many people with cancer have multiple conditions; that is why it is important that we look at these issues in the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is slightly odd that the hon. Gentleman talks about 13 years when we are actually talking about a current industrial dispute. We have shown, through our negotiation with the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I very much welcome the good care that the hon. Gentleman received, and it is great to see him back in the Chamber. On the wider issue, that is why we have an elective…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always happy to praise the brilliant work of clinicians up and down the NHS, who do a formidable job. Given the huge scale of the backlogs we face as a consequence of the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsNow that I have found the right page in my notes I can be precise in telling my right hon. Friend that it is a 75.7% increase in his constituency, so he is absolutely right about…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government support the right to take industrial action within the law, but equally the law is there to protect patients and NHS staff alike. Following legal advice, NHS…25 Apr 2023HANSARDGP AppointmentsI think the question is about GPs and workforce capability, and that is why we are investing in more doctors. We have recruited over 5,000 more doctors, including an additional…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and I am happy to update the House, as we have already achieved 35% coverage. By the end of the month, we expect to have 399 operational…25 Apr 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareI know we have clinicians in the House who do second jobs, but I did not know that the hon. Lady had expanded that definition to such an extent! She is right to highlight, through…25 Apr 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment: Waiting TimesThe whole House will send their best wishes to the hon. Lady’s constituent. She raises an important point about genomics, which is why we have invested in Genomics England and…25 Apr 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareThere are two separate issues there: what we are doing for mental health in-patients and the point we just touched on about A&E. On mental health, it is good of the hon. Lady to…25 Apr 2023