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HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanOne area of the right hon. Gentleman’s question where I do agree with him is the importance of local authorities. One reason I am keen to see more clarity on data and transparency…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanMy right hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. He is right: it is about how we better manage demand in the community before people get to the emergency department. That is where,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanIn a former role, when I was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I signed off a significant expansion of A&E facilities. I hope that reassures my hon. Friend of my commitment to…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanMy hon. Friend makes an important and nuanced point about demographic pressure, which is not evenly spread and is more concentrated in certain parts of the country than others, so…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI would be very keen to visit, subject to my diary. If it is not me, I am sure a ministerial colleague will do so.30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI recognise my hon. Friend’s point, not least as a rural constituency MP myself. I have talked to paramedics, as I am sure he has, and the principal cause of frustration of late…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanThis statement is focused on urgent and emergency care. At Health oral questions and on other occasions, we often discuss the wider capital programme and the increased funding we…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanMy right hon. and learned Friend has been key to securing the funding. He has assiduously lobbied me and ministerial colleagues to make a powerful case on behalf of his…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanAs the hon. Gentleman will know, the additional funding that the Chancellor announced in the autumn statement will lead to an uplift in health funding for Northern Ireland through…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanAs a former Minister in the Department, my hon. Friend speaks with great experience on these matters. He is right that the crux of the plan is now in its delivery. As I alluded to…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI am keen to explore with colleagues how we can put more key worker accommodation on to the NHS estate, particularly by making use of modern methods of construction to expedite…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI think the hon. Lady was welcoming the transparency on 12 hours—I certainly hope so. The ICBs became operational in July, and we are working with them as to how, by taking a…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI am happy to give my right hon. Friend that assurance. I assure the House that our commitment to the cancer mission and the dementia mission through the Office for Life Sciences…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI do not think it has been hiding. Flu seasons are not uncommon in the NHS and come round on a periodic basis, and that is why we anticipated it through the flu vaccine. On the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanThey can start to access them now. We announced £250 million at the start of the month, as part of the £500 million that was announced in the autumn statement, and hospitals know…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanThe hon. Lady raises a fair and important point about what is in the wider package, alongside the mental health ambulances, which I think are a positive step. Last week, I met…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI could not agree more, which is why this morning the Prime Minister and I were at University Hospital of North Tees, where it is effective on the ground. It is about looking at…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanWe are bringing times down; I think the current mean response for C2s is much more in the region of 25 or 26 minutes than it was in late December-early January, because across the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. Again, within that is patient choice and how we empower more patient choice—providing services that are free at the point of use—to…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanWe recognise the huge pressure on social care; that is why, at the autumn statement, the Chancellor set out the biggest-ever increase in funding into social care of any…30 Jan 2023