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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am a product of the welfare state, and I remember the benefit system putting food in the fridge and money in the electric meter. I also know from lived experience that people…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is right to raise this serious and important issue. We want to ensure that we improve diagnostics, access to treatment and research, and I can think of no better…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is absolutely right to put the spotlight on paediatric health. Mental health is important for children and young people, but physical health is too. This…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important that people are able to get the right care in the right place at the right time, and I recognise the challenges, particularly in geographies such as Devon and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDDementia Diagnosis RatesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question—I know how personal this issue is for him. I was delighted to meet his father on my visit to Hartlepool, and wish him very well. I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDElective Care Waiting TimesThe NHS has always worked constructively with the independent sector, and I do not believe that ideological hobby horses should come before patients getting faster access to care.…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is unusually consensual today. The Government are committed to rolling out fracture liaison services across every part of the country by 2030. I promised that before the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI really welcome the shadow Secretary of State’s raising that important issue. Too often, even when patients with eating disorders are in health settings, they do not receive the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is an issue that the Government are prioritising. The hon. Member will be aware of the commitment we made to provide 700,000 urgent dentistry appointments. We are ramping up…11 Feb 2025HANSARDWaiting Lists: Devolved AdministrationsI am absolutely committed to our working across the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on cross-border working and co-operation, where we can. I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, we kicked off National HIV Testing Week. Getting tested for HIV is quick, free and confidential. I pay tribute to the leadership of my right hon. and learned Friend the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the hon. Member is so committed to that project, perhaps he can explain why his party did so little about it in government.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGlobal Health and ImmunisationI am delighted that Dame Sally Davies continues her work on antimicrobial resistance. That is an absolutely critical issue, and I pay tribute to the previous Government,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGlobal Health and ImmunisationMay I just say how regrettable it is that a sensible shadow Minister is sent along to parrot the absurd lines of her leader?11 Feb 2025HANSARDElective Care Waiting TimesThis Government inherited a waiting list with a staggering 7.6 million people on it. Since July, that waiting list has already been reduced by almost 145,000, and ensuring that…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGlobal Health and ImmunisationUK leadership on global health is critical to safeguarding our national and international health security, building resilience and creating prosperity. I work closely with my…11 Feb 2025HANSARDElective Care Waiting TimesI always believe in holding our hands up when mistakes are made. I am happy to say that the reason that case study was removed from the published elective reform plan is because…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGlobal Health and ImmunisationThe hon. Member raises an important point. I know that my ministerial colleagues in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are looking at the investment cases for Gavi…11 Feb 2025HANSARDDementia Diagnosis RatesThe dementia diagnosis rate target was not met for the last five years of the Conservative Government, and it declined over the course of the last Parliament. This Government are…11 Feb 2025HANSARDDementia Diagnosis RatesI just restated the Government’s commitment to ensuring that at least two thirds of people living with dementia receive a diagnosis. Our investment and reform agenda will speed up…11 Feb 2025