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HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend has done a lot of work in this area and I would be delighted to meet her. Let me give the Conservative party a lesson in humility. However proud I am of the last…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI gently point the hon. Gentleman to the bold claims made by the now shadow Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Jeremy Hunt), about patient safety. He might…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend makes a great point, and he has given great service to the Public Accounts Committee of this House by drilling into waste, inefficiency and exploitation of the…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationFiscal policy is a matter for the Chancellor. I know on which side my bread is buttered, so I will not write her Budget or spending review now, but let me reassure the hon.…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend, who I am delighted to see representing Bassetlaw, is already showing herself to be an outstanding champion for her community. She raises a really good challenge…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his constructive approach. The tragedy of the Health and Care Act 2022 was that a large part of its focus was on trying to correct the enormous…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationAbsolutely. I thank the hon. Member for the way she put her question. I send my deepest condolences to Sophie’s family on what will inevitably be a difficult day—I suspect just…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to make sure that we have the right staff in the right place and an equitable distribution of access to NHS services right across the…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI can absolutely reassure the hon. Member that RAAC-impacted hospitals are a priority. We are putting safety first, and it is just a shame that when his residents had a Prime…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI thank my hon. Friend for her question and congratulate her warmly on her election to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee. I am looking forward to sharing, through the…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationEvery time the right hon. Gentleman praises my zeal for NHS reform, Labour Members get very nervous. Let me reassure him that I have looked at other countries, and I will…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am delighted to see my hon. Friend in her place. She is absolutely right. We will take Lord Darzi’s diagnosis to write the prescription and ensure that our reform agenda…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationOf course we seek to work constructively with all trade unions representing staff across our health and care services, and also with the royal colleges. We want to work in a…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. She has a huge amount of expertise in health and care, and she is absolutely right about the need for that shift. I have…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI am not sure that is a fair characterisation of Sir John Bell’s position. I have a huge amount of respect for him. I am grateful to Lord Darzi for writing the diagnosis. Given…12 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthAnd I am committed to making sure that the right hon. Lady is there, asking the questions, for a very, very long time. Unlike our predecessors, this Government cannot get enough…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. We know that the NHS is broken, and is going through the worst crisis in history. We will shortly hear from the noble Lord Darzi…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthGiven the state of the Opposition, I bet they would love to see what policy discussion papers we are putting forward in the Department of Health and Social Care. The hon.…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthI would be delighted for either myself or one of my ministerial colleagues to take my hon. Friend up on that offer. What a refreshing change from so many of the contributions that…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthIn the meetings that I asked my right honourable friend to attend—I need to make sure that I get this absolutely right—I tend to think that I saw him on the other side of the…09 Sept 2024