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HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessOf course we need to deliver both new homes and GP surgeries, but the previous Conservative Government delivered neither. We have a housing crisis and an NHS crisis in this…19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessThe Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee is right that investment is vital, but so is reform. We tasked ICBs with leading the development of the new neighbourhood health…19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessGeneral practice is a valued part of the NHS, and GPs are a vital part of our NHS family. In fact, they are delivering more appointments than ever before, and we recognise the…19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessMr Speaker, I associate myself with your remarks about the war in Ukraine. I know the whole House stands with Ukraine as it defends its freedom and democracy. This is precisely…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend the Minister for Secondary Care said, the wait for women with common conditions such as endometriosis is far too long. That is why we are taking steps to cut…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful for the steps that my hon. Friend is taking to make representations on behalf of her local children’s hospice, both on the Floor of the House and outside the…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat would be a matter for the right hon. Gentleman’s ICB. I know that he is new to the area, so I am happy to make some introductions.19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIndeed there has. Medical associate roles can and do play a valuable role in freeing up other clinicians’ time to do the things that only they can do, but there are legitimate…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government are prepared for winter and we are already standing up the operational response to winter pressures. On funding, the right hon. Gentleman was in government just…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely. That is a good example of why investment needs to be matched with reform to speed things up, improve productivity and get staff to the frontline, where they want to be.19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessI agree with my hon. Friend on the importance of prevention at a local level. We are trialling neighbourhood health centres across the country to bring together a range of…19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessMy hon. Friend is right that many of the pressures on our hospitals, such as the Princess Alexandra in Harlow, are a result of pressures in other parts of the health and social…19 Nov 2024HANSARDHealth and Care Staffing Costs: Employer NI ContributionsThe leadership shown by the Chancellor has enabled her and the Government to fix the foundations of the public finances and fill the £22 billion black hole left by the previous…19 Nov 2024HANSARDHealth and Care Staffing Costs: Employer NI ContributionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. I am looking carefully at the pressures on hospices. In fact, only last Friday I visited Saint Francis hospice, which serves my…19 Nov 2024HANSARDHealth and Care Staffing Costs: Employer NI ContributionsThe hon. Member talks about the employer national insurance contributions as if they were a burden on the NHS. It is thanks to the decisions taken by the Chancellor that we can…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis weekend, we launched the first in-person consultation as part of change.nhs.uk, the biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS we have ever seen. We know that…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. The Royal Free hospital saved my life when I went through kidney cancer, so it holds a special place in my heart. Thanks to the…19 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Health and Social Care ReformI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and other Members from across Medway to discuss the challenges that their part of the south-east faces, and to explain why our…19 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Health and Social Care ReformI, too, pay tribute to Norman and to family carers like him, who play such a vital role supporting loved ones. Through the carer’s allowance uplift in the Budget, the Chancellor…19 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget ImpactI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. It is thanks to the people of Scotland sending 37 Labour Members of Parliament here at the last election—not only have they shown…19 Nov 2024