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HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI have addressed that point, in that we are bringing forward the third component of our three plans. I spoke earlier about the elective recovery plan; today’s announcement is on…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 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 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 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 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 PlanWe are dealing with that through additional funding—the £500 million for this winter. That relates to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet…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 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 2023HANSARDAmbulance Services: StrikesWe are taking a number of steps to improve performance, and not just on strike days—but I thought the hon. Lady was going to refer to the comment that she made about those on her…24 Jan 2023HANSARDMajor Conditions and DiseasesAs this House is aware, the health and social care system faces long-term challenges to ensure the public enjoy longer and healthier lives. Currently in England, 5.4 million…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to give my hon. Friend that commitment. She is absolutely right to highlight the centrality of diagnostics and its importance in our overall plan to get elective…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not sure how many times one needs to say the same point. The Government’s position on this is clear: we are committed to treatment free at the point of use. That is the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat we have signalled, and I agree with the hon. Member on this, is the importance of the suicide prevention plan. It is something my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do agree. That is why the long-term plan signalled the importance of mental health and the parity of which my hon. Friend speaks. It is also why, as the Under-Secretary of State…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the issues in Shropshire. I draw her attention to the fact that we have more doctors, more nurses and more funding going into the NHS,…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree that that is an important issue and I am keen to expedite it; we are having urgent discussions about how we maximise the use of physician associates. The hon. Lady raises…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is just factually wrong. We have increased medical undergraduate places by a quarter—I was in the Department at the time the decision was taken—so he is wrong…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend raises an extremely grave and serious issue that I know is of concern to a number of colleagues. Following representations from parliamentary colleagues, I…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the increase in appointments and the numbers that my hon. Friend has drawn to the House’s attention. There is targeted funding of up to £20,000 for areas that are having…24 Jan 2023