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HANSARD Podiatry Workforce and Patient CareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Let me say first how grateful I am to the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) for raising this…20 Jun 2023HANSARD Podiatry Workforce and Patient CareI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. We are constantly looking at those spend-to-save arguments in areas in the health service where it makes sense to invest.…20 Jun 2023HANSARD Neuroblastoma TreatmentI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for securing this important debate. I thank him especially for sharing the experience of his constituent Mark Bell,…15 Jun 2023HANSARDCancer Medicines: AppraisalsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I regularly meet the pharmaceutical industry, not least because of VPAS, which I will come on to discuss because it has been raised by a…13 Jun 2023HANSARDCancer Medicines: AppraisalsThe answer to both is yes, and yes. If the right hon. Lady would write to me with the details, I will certainly raise the issue and meet to discuss radioisotopes specifically. NHS…13 Jun 2023HANSARDCancer Medicines: AppraisalsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this important debate on appraisals for cancer…13 Jun 2023HANSARDCancer Medicines: AppraisalsI totally take the hon. Lady’s point when she says that it is not all about her sister, Margaret— I know that from her contributions. Often in this place, we draw on our personal…13 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Hospital Programme and Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustTime is very short, and I ask that the hon. Gentleman to let me answer as many of the questions as I can. If there is time, I will give way. The programme is part of a more…13 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Hospital Programme and Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. How do I follow that speech by the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth)? Well, first, I would like to…13 Jun 2023HANSARDObesity and Fatty Liver DiseaseI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. He is absolutely right; not everyone has the luxury to make choices, and they will often have to go for the cheapest products or…08 Jun 2023HANSARDObesity and Fatty Liver DiseaseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; we are constantly learning more. At the moment, I do not think there is a definition of an “ultra-processed food”. There has been a lot of…08 Jun 2023HANSARDObesity and Fatty Liver DiseaseThe hon. Gentleman raises a good point; I totally agree. As further details are published, he will see the current criteria for accessing those drugs. The reality is that more and…08 Jun 2023HANSARDObesity and Fatty Liver DiseaseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) for securing a debate on this hugely important…08 Jun 2023HANSARDObesity and Fatty Liver DiseaseAs much as the hon. Gentleman tempts me to make Government policy on the hoof, as it is not my policy area I will refrain from doing so. I will ask my hon. Friend the Member for…08 Jun 2023HANSARDReciprocal Healthcare: 2021-22 Annual ReportI have today laid before Parliament the second annual report on international healthcare payments pursuant to section 6 of the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland…07 Jun 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care: Growing TownsBy 2030, Mr Speaker.06 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He has articulately and eloquently set out the improvements being made at Stafford County Hospital, and he has been a strong champion for…06 Jun 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care: Growing TownsAs my hon. Friend knows, the provision of services, including accident and emergency, are a matter for local NHS commissioners and providers. I know that he regularly meets local…06 Jun 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care: Growing TownsOur recovery plan for urgent and emergency care provides £1 billion of additional funding for NHS capacity, alongside £250 million for capital improvement schemes up and down the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDProtection of Confidential Patient Information: Statutory GuidanceMy noble Friend (Minister for the Lords) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Lord Markham), has made the following written statement: Today, the…23 May 2023