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HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformVery much so. The truth is that teeth appear long before reception class, and this is why we want to focus not just on babies and toddlers in early years settings but,…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank my hon. Friend and fellow greater Lincolnshire MP for her question. In terms of the mechanics of this being delivered, the new patient premiums will come into force and…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformThe advice and guidance to dentists will be going out today, while the new patient premium that I have told the House about will come in from March—it is weeks away.07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformThe hon. Gentleman was obviously asleep at the beginning of my statement, because I set out what I hope is a fact agreed across the House about the pandemic—the real problem.…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformAs I have said, dentists are independent contractors but we want to encourage them back into the NHS if they have left it, and we believe that the new patient premium and the work…07 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstIt was 8.31!31 Jan 2024HANSARDCQC Review: Nottingham Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustI have requested that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conduct a special review of mental health services in Nottinghamshire under section 48 of the Health and Social Care Act…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are ensuring that community pharmacists have an even greater role in primary care than they have already. For example, we saw the first stage of the roll-out of Pharmacy First…23 Jan 2024HANSARDIn-patient Units: People with Learning DisabilitiesI thank the hon. Lady for raising that point. We were all dismayed and upset to see the experiences of residents in those units, and we saw the correct criminal outcomes—if I am…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for commissioning that vital piece of work. I am giving the matter my closest attention, and I hope very much to be in a position to respond to his…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted that the House is as happy about that expansion as the hon. Gentleman and I are. I will meet him to go through his plans, because I know how carefully he has…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is aware of my knowledge not only of that hospital, but of her local area. I will look into this matter for her, because I want to ensure that the good people of…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI gently remind the hon. Lady about the statement that I just gave. Last week we held the women’s health summit, at which I announced that we are encouraging research into…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend sincerely for her question. The good news is that community diagnostic centres have now delivered over 6 million additional tests and scans since July 2021…23 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Winter PressuresAgain, the plan that we laid out last year is having a real impact at local level on the services being deployed through our accident and emergency services. We have seen…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMidwifery and Maternity ServicesWe are investing an additional £165 million a year to improve maternity and neonatal care, rising to £186 million a year from April. This will increase the number of midwifery…23 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Winter PressuresMy hon. Friend is right to point out that we are in the final few hours of the consultants’ ballot on the pay reform programme that we have offered the British Medical…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMidwifery and Maternity ServicesI think we all agree that a career as a midwife is just one of the most rewarding and fulfilling careers that one can hope for. That is why we have placed such priority on…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMidwifery and Maternity ServicesI thank my right hon. Friend for raising her local college, which does amazing work for the whole of the NHS as well as in her local area. I may have to retain a discreet silence…23 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Winter PressuresI am sure that the hon. Gentleman is a fair man, and that, being so, he will point out to his constituents, when they call him with their issues, that ambulance response times for…23 Jan 2024