Speeches by Beales.

“Would that be something picked up in the MSF?”

“On transition, which you briefly mentioned, the sector reports that is an increasing issue as medicine advances. Children are living longer with life-ending conditions, and they are transitioning into adult services from children’s palliative care. Going from a children’s service to an adult palliative care service is …”

“Not to push you, but the words were slightly loose: will there be specific sections, specific metrics and a specific mention in the MSF, rather than just “paying attention to” it?”

“Will there be a specific section, or specific expectations and standards, for that sector within the MSF, so that there is not just a generic set of measures for all palliative care, but specific reference to the issues of children and young people?”

“Turning specifically to children’s palliative care, this is one of the areas where inequalities exist, as we heard about in the report. I recently visited the Shooting Star hospice that serves children and families in Hillingdon. Like many children and young people’s hospices, it serves quite a large footprint because …”

“Will the MSF be setting very clear metrics?”

“Where in that system is the failure, then? With the level of inequalities that we see, and the standards that are not being met in palliative care, it feels like there are ICBs that are not currently fulfilling their responsibilities. I do not know whether you agree that that is a fair assessment, but if that is the ca…”

“If those metrics are not met, what will be the difference in action? How will the result differ from the current situation where the standards that are in place, as we have heard, are not met?”

“It is welcome to know that the MSF will specifically deal with the inequalities present in palliative care. I want to talk about how the MSF will have bite, I suppose, and lead to change. We have referenced, at different points today, standards that already exist and are not implemented. You talked about the data, whic…”

“Will the MSF specifically deal with inequalities in outcomes? Will that be a specific focus of the MSF?”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered community audiology. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank those who have joined us for the debate and the Front-Bench teams for giving up their time to put in the final shift of this sitting just before Christmas. I realise that I may not be…”

“We certainly heard about some issues today that I did not expect to be on the agenda. The waxiness or not of dogs’ ears will certainly stay with me for a while. I am glad that the hon. Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers) clarified that he is a vet. I wondered whether checking dogs’ ears was a particularly Lib Dem thing…”

“I welcome that, Secretary of State. Thank you. As part of kicking the tyres, the Committee would like to outline that we have seen falling spend, falling rates in many categories of vaccination and more outbreaks among children reported in the press. One might say that that suggests that the 2023 NHS England vaccinatio…”

“It does not sound very mixed; it sounds quite poor.”

“I would certainly associate myself with that comment about the BDA. It is welcome that there will be further opportunities to reform dentistry and you are right about the terrible state of dentistry that this Government inherited. Has the final financial envelope for dentistry now been set following the spending review…”

“Secretary of State, in our 1,000 critical days inquiry earlier this year, one aspect of what we looked at was vaccinations in infancy. These remain below national coverage goals: there are significant disparities by region and demographic group, which do not seem to be closing; coverage of pre-school immunisations has …”

“Another issue that the Committee looked at this year is dentistry. There were big announcements yesterday about overhauling the dentistry system—they were described as a major overhaul. Certainly, there were very welcome changes about prioritising the patients most in need. Those in the sector, particularly when we spo…”

“We are seeing more and more vaccines through scientific advances.”

“The pilots are very positive, and we heard about the role of health visiting. We also heard that those pilots are quite slow and in very few areas, and will potentially take another 12 months, if not longer, to reach national-level impact. You rightly mentioned resourcing. A response yesterday to a parliamentary questi…”

“Should the Government restate the 95% vaccine uptake rate in planning guidance? Was it right to remove that target, bearing in mind where we are and where we have slipped to?”