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HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman raises the additional funding that the Government are putting into social care. In his autumn statement, the Chancellor made the biggest…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI will take one further intervention, and then I will make some progress.11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyThe data shows very clearly the profound impact of the pandemic, and the data shows that the impact is not constrained to England. It is acute in— [ Interruption. ] The hon.…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI will answer the hon. Gentleman’s first question. I will then give him a second go, as he is chuntering. Hospital flu admissions went up sevenfold in a month. The figure is 100…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyMy right hon. Friend raises an extremely important matter. I was in the Department when the current Chancellor was Secretary of State and when we made that commitment to a 25%…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyYes, I will.11 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresI agree that a combination of pay and wider conditions have an impact on recruitment and retention. That is why we have been keen to engage constructively with the trade unions;…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresThe whole purpose of the £500 million is to put more support into local authorities’ funding for social care. About a quarter of that funding is going specifically on workforce…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresWe recognised very early—in fact, NHS England recognised it in the summer—that this winter was likely to be extremely hard, both because population resilience to flu would be…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Often the debate is about beds, but in reality it is as much the workforce that go with those beds that we need to consider. The point…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresAs I said in my opening remarks, I regret the fact that some patients in emergency care did not receive acceptable care in recent weeks, but I gently remind the hon. Lady that the…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresI could not agree more. There is a huge opportunity for pharmacists to do more, and I have asked the Department and NHS England to explore that at pace. I expect to say more on…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresI have seen a lot of speculation in the media about the excess mortality to which the hon. Lady refers. I have discussed the issue in detail with both the chief medical officer…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresThe measures announced today speak to the heart of that issue: by putting in more capacity to decompress emergency departments, we allow, in particular, more same-day emergency…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresIt is worth pointing out to the House that 92% of new patients are starting their cancer treatment within four weeks. On the substance of the hon. Gentleman’s point, however, we…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy hon. Friend raises a brilliant point—one that I completely agree with—about how we upskill the existing workforce and get more people operating at what is referred to as the…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy hon. Friend skilfully combines the importance of discharge at King’s Lynn with the importance of addressing RAAC—reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete—hospitals, on which he…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresOne of the things that my hon. Friend agrees with is that more decisions should be devolved rather than every decision being made in Westminster. Part of the reason for integrated…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresThe hon. Gentleman seems to be quoting Onay Kasab, the lead national officer of Unite, who spoke to Sky News outside the Department of Health and Social Care just a few minutes…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresAs befits the leader of his own county council, my hon. Friend rightly recognises the importance of the integration of health and care. I have pointed to examples where that is…09 Jan 2023