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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite the significant uplift announced by the Chancellor at the Budget, system financial returns during the planning round suggested an overspend for the coming year of between…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe irony! There is one big difference between what this Government are doing and what the Conservative party did for 14 years, which is that this Government will actually deliver…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince I reported to the House on the Government’s plans to abolish NHS England, hammering the final nail into the coffin of Lord Lansley’s disastrous 2012 reorganisation, the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure that the whole House will want to send our condolences to the right hon. Gentleman following the loss of his father. It is good to see him back in action—if not always…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsBaroness Casey will be making contact with all party groups in order to set dates with parties across this House very shortly, and of course she will be kicking off her commission…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend says, we have brought NHS waiting lists down five months in a row, including during the peak winter pressures. We have delivered the 2 million more appointments…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsPhase 1 of the Casey commission reports next year and the final Casey report is due by 2028, but the Chancellor has already announced an increase in funding for social care in the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and GenderI am grateful to the shadow Minister for her question. I speak to the Science Secretary on too frequent a basis—on a daily basis. He and I are both looking very carefully at the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and GenderI will absolutely undertake to share the approach we are taking with my counterparts across the United Kingdom. The approach I have always taken is one that understands the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and GenderThe shadow Minister raises a good example of how conflation of sex and gender identity is not helpful both in terms of data analysis and of recognising health inequalities. It is…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sorry to hear of June’s experience. It illustrates why our determination to end the 8 am scramble for appointments is so necessary, starting with a new requirement for…25 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS Waiting ListsThe 18-week standard for elective care has not been met for almost a decade. That is the legacy of the Conservative party. Our plan for change commits us to cutting waiting lists…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and GenderI am grateful to Professor Sullivan for her report. Sex and gender identity are not always the same, and it is important for patients that we record both accurately. I know the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS Waiting ListsYes is the short answer. Removing the duplication, waste and efficiency that came with having two head offices for the NHS will lead to better, more effective and streamlined…25 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS Waiting ListsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and for his long-standing commitment to improving mental health services. Lord Darzi highlighted that those waiting over a year…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsThe big thrust of our 10-year plan will be to deliver on the three shifts: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. We believe that…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsI am very sympathetic to the argument that the right hon. Gentleman makes about the importance of neighbourhood health services in Borehamwood, and indeed in towns and communities…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsOn behalf of His Majesty’s Government, I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on reaching his 70th birthday—I think you said 70th, Mr Speaker, but I am sure…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsI am grateful to the hon. Member for raising the need for investment in the accident and emergency at Queen’s hospital in Romford. As she alluded to, that department serves my…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the innovation and the impact of virtual wards. I have seen at first hand the impact they can have—not just in providing better value for…25 Mar 2025