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HANSARD Future of the NHSI will come back to the hon. Lady, but I am conscious of time. The second area widely covered today was workforce. I echo the hon. Lady’s thanks to our NHS staff. I want to put on…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of the NHSI hear my hon. Friend’s concern. I have met with him and other Shropshire MPs on this issue and committed to meet with him to discuss it again. We are very keen to resolve the…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of the NHSI have to make some progress—I am conscious of time. In addition, we have digital transformation and technology, which are critical to the future of the health and social care…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of the NHSindicated assent .24 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of the NHSIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) for securing a debate on this important…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment Waiting TimesI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and, of course, I recognise the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. Cancer checks are up by a quarter on pre-pandemic levels, and…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment Waiting TimesImproving cancer treatment waiting times is a top priority for this Government, and it is a key focus of our elective recovery plan, backed by an additional £8 billion in revenue…17 Oct 2023HANSARDNew Health Centre: ThornburyI am aware of the project to provide a new health centre in Thornbury and, of course, my hon. Friend’s tireless work to champion it. My officials are working closely with…17 Oct 2023HANSARDRadiotherapy Linear Accelerator MachinesThe Government and NHS England are committed to ensuring cancer patients can receive high quality radiotherapy treatment. Between 2016 and 2021, £162 million was invested which…17 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will always work with my hon. Friend and the trust on capital improvements where needed, but I am pleased to note that the trust has been allocated significant investment from…17 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend has long championed this cause. I hope it is good news that I am able to confirm that enabling works have recently been approved for the Shrewsbury and…17 Oct 2023HANSARDPaediatric Cancer Strategy for LondonI thank my hon. Friend for his supplementary question. While I cannot pre-empt the outcome of the consultation, which closes on 18 December, I can assure him that there will be no…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Childhood Cancer OutcomesI thank the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) for securing this important debate. I begin by sending my sincerest support and sympathy to Ethan’s family and every…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment Waiting TimesI have huge sympathy and empathy with the case that my hon. Friend raises. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is rightly independent, and strict and robust…17 Oct 2023HANSARDPaediatric Cancer Strategy for LondonFollowing Professor Sir Mike Richards’s review, it is now a national requirement for all paediatric cancer services to be co-located with a children’s intensive care unit. The…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Childhood Cancer OutcomesWhere I very much agree with my hon. Friend is that research is so much at the heart of this matter. The hon. Member for South Shields asked specifically how much funding is going…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment Waiting TimesWe are continuing to support NHS England in increasing cancer treatment capacity. As I say, I recognise the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. NHS England has…17 Oct 2023HANSARDRadiotherapy Linear Accelerator MachinesThe hon. Gentleman is hugely passionate on this subject. As I said, integrated care boards are responsible for meeting the health needs of their individual populations, and that…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Childhood Cancer OutcomesI am very happy to take both those questions. First, in relation to childhood cancer research specifically, my officials in the Department are working really closely with the…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCancer Treatment Waiting TimesI thank my hon. Friend for her question, which is better directed at the BMA. However, she is right to suggest that we are taking action on minimum service level legislation. We…17 Oct 2023