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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise that risk. I assure him and the House that I and the Deputy Prime Minister, herself a former care worker, are working in lockstep to align…15 Oct 2024HANSARDPatient Waiting TimesWaiting times are wholly inadequate in our country. That is because the previous Conservative Government took a golden inheritance of the shortest waiting times and the highest…15 Oct 2024HANSARDResident Doctors AgreementI am pleased to be able to inform the House that on 16 September 2024, the Government and the British Medical Association’s Resident Doctors Committee (BMA RDC), formerly known as…08 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI strongly agree with the former Minister. I will take that as a representation for the forthcoming Budget and spending review, and ensure that his comments are sent straight to…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationMy hon. Friend is right. In Portsmouth and right across the country, there are people who, against the backdrop of the previous Government, have none the less tried to innovate,…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI did.07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationHonestly, Madam Deputy Speaker, “brass neck” springs to mind. Once again, the hon. Member gets to her feet and fails to say the word “sorry”. If she wants to correct the record,…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI must begin to conclude my remarks, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I see that the Chair of the Select Committee on Health and Social Care is seeking my eye. Given that I will be…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationThe shadow Secretary of State says that it is nonsense. She is very upset about it, so let me point out to her that earlier this year, the Conservative former dentistry Minister,…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI strongly agree. Although health is devolved, I look forward to working constructively and closely with Governments right across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI am grateful to the hon. Member for her intervention. I wish that this was a challenge only in her constituency; it is a challenge right across the country. As I said to the…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI strongly agree with the hon. Member. I will talk about the 10-year plan shortly, but I can guarantee that children and paediatric care will be front and centre of that plan. We…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI am grateful to the hon. Member for her question. No, I do not think that the take-up rate is where it should be. That is why in the short time we have been in office we have put…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. Of course it is not just in Loughborough that we have a challenge with access to general practice; it is right across the…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationHow did it go?07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationThe hon. Member’s point is taken. The NHS stands at a fork in the road. There is a choice before us, and the parties represented in the House have different opinions on the best…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI beg to move, That this House has considered Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into NHS performance. I am pleased to have the opportunity to open this debate on Lord Darzi’s…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationThe right hon. Lady mentions Pharmacy First. How many pharmacies went bust on her watch?07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI am delighted that the shadow Secretary of State has so generously given way. I am not going to pre-empt the Chancellor’s announcements at the Budget and the spending review, but…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI strongly agree with the Chair of the Select Committee and commend the work of the previous Committee, to which she refers. She has certainly given me some revision for the first…07 Oct 2024