Speeches by Hamilton.

“I have a really quick question about Baroness Casey and the review. You have made some really powerful points, but the point I want to make is this. All right, the review will take three years maximum. All right, Baroness Casey I think will speed that along a lot more quickly. I also think it is really good that Sir Ke…”

“I am going to give you a bit of a rest, Andrew. My question is directed predominantly to Simon and Kathryn and is about the care market. The preface to it is that I was a nurse for many years and had no idea about social care. I went into local politics and became the cabinet member for adult health and social care in …”

“The challenge is, should it remain in the private sector?”

“That is a good place to stop.”

“So you do think it can be done a lot quicker, with that pressure.”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this important debate. The issue of road safety is vital and we need a sustainable funding model. Local councils are a key player in improving prevention-based road safety. I have heard a lot about ru…”

“I am going to stop you there because we are almost out of time. I have one more question, and I want to make it a good one. As you work towards establishing neighbourhood health centres, how will you ensure that having shared services at a local level, whether they be in the neighbourhood health centres or out, deliver…”

“Can I push you on that, Secretary of State? When you talked about the 10-year plan, you said that Asian communities and black communities were not engaging with that plan. I absolutely support what you are saying about the diagnostic centres. The trust of the different communities, disabled communities and others has b…”

“Good morning, Secretary of State. My question is around underserved and more deprived communities. The previous Government talked about the creation of 40 new diagnostic centres to help to tackle health inequalities, reduce waiting lists and bring care closer to the home. What role do you see the community diagnostic c…”

“I am going to stop there and hand back to the Chair.”

“Just before I ask my last question, do you not feel at the moment that, going back to what Ben said, we are still very much the NHS and local government, and are not doing that systems approach that will effect that change?”

“Good morning. Can I start by declaring my interest? I know one of the panel members really well. I worked with Melanie for a number of years; she was my chief officer when I was a cabinet member in Birmingham.”

“My question is predominantly for Stephanie and Melanie. There have been multiple reviews calling for a move away from that single financial year settlement. I know, from when I was there, that this would have long-term impacts on the service. We have talked a lot about prevention, moving away from analogue to digital a…”

“No, it does not, because as an ICS you have lots of targets, haven’t you? You have your funding—you have the multiple in-year funding settlement—and you have your targets, but if you want to make a difference in the long term, what would strategically help you as an organisation to develop practices, develop new servic…”

“Thank you.”

“My question goes back to the point you made earlier, Nicola, about the RCN and the problems within the nursing profession. I have been a nurse for many years. I was a district nurse and I consciously chose to leave the profession because I could not do it any more—it is as simple as that. I was quite upset when the nur…”

“I have one more question, so I will ask you each to answer with one point, Stephanie and Melanie—that is the only way I will get away with it. The question is, how could the Government or NHS England better incentivise ICBs to invest, to deliver and to prioritise services in the community? What is one thing that you th…”

“Thank you. Am I allowed to ask the last question?”

“I am going to get into trouble with the Chair, but I know you were desperate to get in, Saffron.”

“Melanie, as you know, my biggest bugbear in local government was that we only had single-year financial settlements, so we struggled to plan ahead. Sometimes we made that plan not really knowing if we had the funds to carry it out. We were trying to develop services and bring them forward. I will ask you the same thing…”