Speeches by Hamilton.

“That is a really good point for me to move on to my next point around hospices. Let me start by saying that the £25 million that has been announced is fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. How did you get to that sum of money at this point?”

“Considering you have just talked about data, how did you get to that?”

“I am going to stop you there, Minister, because the £80 million is revenue, which means it is recurring over three years. The problem with capital is that you give that money once. People feel that they are out of the crisis at one point, but within 12 to 18 months they are back into crisis. You have talked about how h…”

“Going back to NHSE, and the new department that is going to be set up, do you not think that hospices—especially given that, in your vision, you want them to remain in the charity sector—will have a role relating to data, as well as ICBs?”

“I beg to differ, if you don’t mind. Having given that sum of money to hospices, how as a Government are we ensuring that it is being distributed in a way that is needs-led, because it is data driven? At the moment, I cannot see how that is being done.”

“I am.”

“I am going to stop you. We know how they are funded. My issue is not with how they are funded; my issue is that we are giving money to hospices—which I absolutely support—but what work is being done under that to say where that money is going, what it is for, and how as a Government we ensure, even with the MSF going f…”

“In areas with very expensive properties, the hospices are able to survive, but in other areas, where we are not getting all that charitable funding, these organisations will continue to struggle, even with the MSF that is coming on board.”

“What are the Government doing to get everyone to that point? I am concerned that by leaving it all on ICBs, you are setting yourselves up to fail—I will be honest with you—because of the issues currently within ICBs, with some of the major cuts that they have to do, and the fact that you are joining up a number of them…”

“My final point, before I hand back to the Chair, is about staffing. Staffing is a major issue within hospices. Capital funding is not normally used towards staffing, so how are you supporting hospices to ensure that they are not still losing staff? The money that you are giving them absolutely cannot be used towards st…”

“Good morning, Minister Kinnock. I will be talking about rural palliative and hospice care. My first question follows on from what Danny has been talking about: diversity. When you look at people who live in rural areas, the research shows that they struggle to get any form of palliative care. They have further problems…”

“I begin by thanking the hon. Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) for securing this debate and for his tireless work campaigning for better outcomes for all affected by the least survivable cancers. For too long, these cancers have been neglected and left behind. Patients and their loved ones have had to bear the devasta…”

“Thank you, Wes. Now, my substantive question is about winter pressures. I always ask about this, so I might bring Jim in to give you time to get some water, Wes. This year, the NHS has been preparing for winter pressures even earlier than last year; we had reports come to the Committee about that. How have your plans f…”

“Good morning, Wes. My question relates to the black maternal health report that was published yesterday. I want to start by thanking you because one of our objectives regarding morbidity was accepted and will be dealt with in the first quarter of next year. My issue is around some of the others, but we have not got tim…”

“The only reason why I have questioned that one is because—and I will shut up soon because we are really tight on time—in October you introduced some training that is predominantly for consultants and other groupings. That training seems very bitty and very varied, it isn’t co-produced and people don’t know whether they…”

“I just want to ask one small question about dentistry. The contract has always been the main issue. What is being done to address the contract, which has been the problem from day one?”

“Are you hoping to learn from the mistakes that were made—though I am not saying that mistakes have been made—or some of the issues that you faced last year and this year? Could it be that working just on a local basis is not enough, and it has to be driven more centrally?”

“I am going to have to stop you—I have one minute and I need to get this question in; it is about vaccine hesitancy. I was a nurse for many years, as everybody knows, but the big issue is around the health professionals, allied professionals and others who are not taking the vaccines. Has the time come when everybody ne…”

“I have always been a massive advocate for all medical and nursing staff, and I absolutely understand what a difficult job our healthcare workers do, but given that flu is running rampant across the country and most NHS staff—including resident doctors, but also nurses and other staff—are suffering at this moment, will …”

“To follow on from Beccy, I will be talking about under-represented communities. Those are communities that are under-represented or marginalised—rural communities, black and Asian communities and what have you. In all the work you have done, what have you found to be the challenges in reaching more rural and ethnic min…”