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HANSARD Urgent and Emergency CareI very much agree with the hon. Gentleman on the importance of the air ambulance. As a rural MP, I know full well the importance of the service it provides across the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDWork of the Department during the Summer RecessOver the summer recess, the Department of Health and Social Care has made significant progress in many areas, both to prepare the NHS and social care systems for the winter and to…05 Sept 2022HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy right hon. Friend is right that there is a need for care and compassion, and she highlights an extremely important point. She will be aware that the sexual health review is…05 Sept 2022HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy right hon. Friend is right that there is a need for care and compassion, and she highlights an extremely important point. She will be aware that the sexual and reproductive…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandThe work on this strategy was done before I arrived in the Department, so it was down to my right hon. Friend and to the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewes…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI do not want those on the Opposition Front Bench thinking that their points have not been addressed. I think there is much common ground on both sides of the House on the…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for Englandrose—20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for her warm welcome. I agree with her about empowering patients, women in particular, with information. That is why part of the strategy is to focus on the…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandThe hon. Lady says that she is not being listened to, but my understanding is that she is co-chair of the menopause taskforce, which has been set up to look at these issues.…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandMy right hon. Friend is right that there is a need for care and compassion, and she highlights an extremely important point. She will be aware that the sexual health review is…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandAgain, it is partly by having an ambassador that will be tasked with advocating in that space, by having the data to give visibility to that, and also by working in partnership…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandThat was one of the key issues that came out of the consultation responses. Indeed, in my conversation with Dr Watson at Homerton, we looked at different pathways for treatment…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who I know has campaigned for many years on this; mesh is a particular issue that he and I have spoken about in the past. On the quality of…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandThe heart of the whole House goes out to the hon. Lady, because the trauma of those experiences is so visible; I am hugely grateful for the powerful way she highlights them to the…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of tackling domestic abuse. Indeed, last year the Government brought forward and the House passed the Domestic Abuse Act…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandWhile this strategy sets out a number of future steps, there are also steps we have already taken, including on maternity services. The hon. Gentleman will be aware that we have…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI am grateful for the work that my hon. Friend did as a Health Minister in championing this agenda. She is right to highlight the difficulty, often, of accessing contraception,…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandThrough highlighting the tragic case of Nicola, the hon. Lady demonstrates very effectively why research in this area is so important and the fact that it has been insufficient in…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI know from my own involvement in the mesh campaign just how central the hon. Lady’s role was in it, and I pay tribute the work that she has done on that and a number of other…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI welcome the hon. Lady’s acknowledgement of the expertise that Professor Dame Lesley Regan brings as ambassador. I think she will be fantastic in that role. A key part of this…20 Jul 2022