Speeches by Beales.

“Thank you so much; I completely agree. Finally, for a number of the interventions that you have suggested might be needed, the barriers could be the required resources. But are you aware of any analysis of extra admissions or bed days by NHS England, at the national or regional level, that might show that “business as …”

“On the role of health visitors, home visits have in many ways been shown to improve outcomes. You talked about the need to have discussions and trusted relationships. That would suggest that the role of health visitors could and should be an important one. The Government committed to pilot health visitors giving the va…”

“The pilots that you have said you support seem incredibly slow in their roll-out, from what we have heard. There are just a handful of pilots, before we move on to a significant scale roll-out. Have you got any view about the pace of those? Are we going far enough quickly enough?”

“We have seen these declining rates since 2012, which is more than 10 years ago. A colleague earlier talked about the strategy development. Do you think the system has failed in moving at adequate pace to address the problem?”

“Has the system become more complex?”

“All the issues you mentioned about disproportionate take-up of vaccines were known about during covid. There were a lot of efforts to do many of the things you talked about, such as roll-out vans, culturally targeted messengers and messages, and conversations in communities. It does not feel like there are issues with …”

“Hopefully it will be quick—quicker than a decade. Lastly, you touched on midwives and the important role they play. In their evidence to us, representatives of the RCM talked about the importance of a care navigation role around vaccination. Have you any views about that suggestion from the RCM? Do you agree with it? D…”

“Taking advantage of the Chair’s good will, I have a follow-up question. You mentioned the 10-year plan. We know that a shift to neighbourhood health will be a key component of that. Many of you have talked about the importance of community-based and multidisciplinary working. Do you have a view about where that should …”

“What kind of challenges does Contact face at the moment in terms of the data issue? Do you have any considerations about where you sit in the system with the use of the NHS number and how the system might relate to you?”

“So the important thing is that an MDT is representative of all allied professions. It is not necessarily the location but the mix of skills that is the most important thing.”

“Do you want to add anything, Doug, before I move on?”

“This week is also Small Charity Week—a chance to celebrate the work of small charities in all our constituencies. I have had the privilege of meeting many such organisations, whether that is Home-Start Hillingdon, Hillingdon women’s centre or Trinity Homeless Projects. Despite their important work, the National Council…”

“Scaling that.”

“Thank you, Chair, and apologies for the lateness. I was on a Bill Committee. What I caught towards the latter part has been really insightful and helpful; thank you. It is clear from a number of the speakers so far that there is good practice in evidence. You have talked about some of the drivers of good practice. Conv…”

“Is it a resource problem?”

“Do you think a transformation programme with targeted resource to go in to support systems to redesign based on your evidence would be the kind of intervention that—”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, as well as for her excellent chairing of the Health Select Committee at the moment and for opening today’s debate. Does she agree that this Government’s record investment in our health service will be vital to turning around the health service after 14 years of under-investment an…”

“The Rural Activities Garden Centre in my constituency is a vital resource for adults with learning difficulties, providing jobs, training, support and the ability to make lifelong friends. The service users and their families I met last week were horrified that, despite this, the council is proposing to close the servi…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for bringing forward this very important debate for her constituents, my constituents and people in the UK. Does she agree that since this issue was last assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, there have been significant developments, as has been mentioned by other col…”

“My constituency has a significant Indian community, and there has been collective grief and dismay at this tragic event. I am sure that members of the community will welcome the Minister’s condolences, as do I, for the families affected, both here in the UK and in India. I welcome the Minister’s statement and his confi…”