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HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the new hospital programme. Of all the damage that the Conservative party did during their time in office—the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewThis weekend the Leader of the Opposition said that she will be honest about the mistakes of the Conservative Government. It seems that the shadow Health Secretary did not get the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: I think that will be a unique representation this afternoon. I can already hear the vultures swooping, looking for that capital allocation and…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI will take those points in turn. With enormous respect for the momentous democratic event taking place in Washington today, I do not think that the new President, last time I…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for his strong representations on behalf of his constituents, not just since his election, but before it. Between the by-election and his election to…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI thank the right hon. Gentleman for a rare constructive contribution from the Conservative Benches—not rare from him, for he is regularly constructive; it is the rest of the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateMy hon. Friend brings expertise and experience to the House, and I am particularly grateful for his support and concern for the colleagues of the nurse who was so brutally…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI welcome the hon. Member’s question, and I agree with the thrust of his question that we need healthcare to shift from hospital into the community, with care closer to, and in,…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for the spirit of his question. That is exactly how this Government are approaching planning for next winter. I want year-on-year…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Member for her question and for showing off her constituents’ uptake—that is exactly what we want. Perhaps ahead of next winter, we should launch a…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. May I, through her, thank health and care staff in her city for the work they are doing to get the people of Birmingham through this…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI confirm that we are absolutely up for looking at co-location of different public services, to deliver both better integration and co-operation between different…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and for the expertise and experience that he brings to the House. We absolutely need to ensure that we are innovating in our service…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateThroughout the winter, NHS providers have continued to flex bed capacity to meet demand. The important thing is that our approach to investment and reform delivers the system-wide…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI strongly agree with my hon. Friend. The way that Conservative Members continue to behave should send a message to every resident doctor, and indeed every member of health and…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateIt is irresponsible, as well as inaccurate, to suggest that the Government have taken winter fuel payments away from vulnerable pensioners. In fact, it is thanks to the decisions…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the challenge caused by the Conservatives’ failure on general practice, which has placed pressure not just on stretched GPs, of whom there…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI will take that as another representation from the hon. Gentleman on the new hospital programme, and I reassure him we will be setting out our review and its conclusions shortly.15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI am happy to report that people will not have to wait three years for action on social care. In fact, we have seen lots of it in the last six months. We have had the biggest…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateThat is an excellent question from my hon. Friend. This Government have been walking the talk on primary care since we came into office. There was an immediate release of funding,…15 Jan 2025