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HANSARDHealth 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 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 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 QuestionsLike others in the House, my heart goes out to any 13- year-old girl in that situation. As the parent of a 12-year-old girl, I can only imagine how distressing it is to the family…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 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 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of targeting health inequalities. Let me give the House a practical example. For lung cancer, patients are 20 times…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 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of UTCs. Nationally, they are above the national standard: 95.5% of patients are seen within four hours. He is a highly…25 Apr 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareThe urgent and emergency care recovery plan sets out how we will invest more than £1 billion in increasing capacity, including 800 new ambulances, an additional 5,000 core beds…25 Apr 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThe Government are committed to our levelling-up mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy by 2030. That is why, in October, we committed an additional £50 million to…25 Apr 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment: Waiting TimesIn February, the faster diagnosis standard was met for the first time. In addition, we are investing in additional screening, testing and tech in order to detect cancer much…25 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS Industrial ActionYesterday evening NHS England published data about the impact of a 96-hour strike by junior doctors from 07:00 on Tuesday 11 April to 06:59 on Saturday 15 April. It is regrettable…18 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for her service and for the work she was doing on Friday. I join her in putting on the record my thanks to all those staff who did provide cover, as…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI share my hon. Friend’s concern. We have worked constructively with the Royal College of Nursing and, as I say, I was happy to put on the record my acknowledgment of the…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThe hon. Gentleman raises an important issue, and there is a lot more we can do around the skills mix in the NHS and ensuring that people operate at what is referred to as the top…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI do share my hon. Friend’s concern. Full Fact has shown that the figure is inaccurate. It disregards higher pay later in the evenings and at weekends. It ignores the 20% that…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesIn short, the position of the shadow Health Secretary seems to be to deny the vote of his own union, Unison, which voted 74% in favour; to not wait for the NHS staff council to…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThe rather odd thing is that we have a larger cash offer on the table for 2022-23 than the Labour Government in Wales, and we have reduced our longest waits far more than they…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI very much agree with my hon. Friend, and he is right to highlight the wider issues that we want to discuss. The previous negotiation with the junior doctors included, for…17 Apr 2023