Ministerial Corrections
(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Health and Social Care
(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Helen Whately
I was talking about some of the things that we have done to vastly increase the number of healthcare professionals in the NHS. As part of our ambitions for the future, more than 26,000 students were accepted on to nursing and midwifery courses in England last year—a 28% increase on 2019.
[Official Report, 28 February 2023, Vol. 728, c. 678.]
Letter of correction from the Minister for Social Care, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately):
An error has been identified in the speech I gave in the Opposition day debate on NHS Workforce Expansion.
The correct statement should have been:
Helen Whately
I was talking about some of the things that we have done to vastly increase the number of healthcare professionals in the NHS. As part of our ambitions for the future, more than 26,000 students were accepted on to nursing and midwifery courses in England last year—a 16% increase on 2019.
Health and Social Care
(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Maria Caulfield
NICE has a recommendation that autism assessments should be done within 13 weeks of referral and we know that in many cases that recommendation is not being met.
[Official Report, 6 February 2023, Vol. 727, c. 242WH.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield):
An error has been identified in the speech I gave.
The correct statement should have been:
Maria Caulfield
NICE has a recommendation that autism assessments should begin within 13 weeks of referral and we know that in many cases that recommendation is not being met.
Maria Caulfield
NHS England has developed a framework that is transforming learning from autism and ADHD pilot schemes into scalable action, which will improve support and care for people across the country.
[Official Report, 6 February 2023, Vol. 727, c. 243WH.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield):
An error has been identified in the speech I gave.
The correct statement should have been:
Maria Caulfield
NHS England has developed a framework that is transforming learning from autism pilot schemes into scalable action, which will improve support and care for people across the country.
Maria Caulfield
That is making a difference by supporting young people with mental health issues, but it is also about identifying whether they could have an ADHD or autism diagnosis and getting them into the system much more quickly.
[Official Report, 6 February 2023, Vol. 727, c. 243WH.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield):
An error has been identified in the speech I gave.
The correct statement should have been:
Maria Caulfield
That is making a difference by supporting young people with mental health issues, but might also include identifying whether they could have an ADHD or autism diagnosis and working as part of an integrated referral system by getting them into the system much more quickly.
Maria Caulfield
I will touch on a final point, raised by the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier), which was that ADHD is under-diagnosed in women and girls. She is absolutely right, and that is because the symptoms and signs are very different in girls as opposed to boys and men. We are looking at that in the women’s health strategy.
[Official Report, 6 February 2023, Vol. 727, c. 244WH.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield):
An error has been identified in the speech I gave.
The correct statement should have been:
Maria Caulfield
I will touch on a final point, raised by the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier), which was that ADHD is under-diagnosed in women and girls. She is absolutely right, and that is because the symptoms and signs are very different in girls as opposed to boys and men. We are looking at sex-differences in health conditions in the women’s health strategy.
Science, Innovation and Technology
(1 year, 9 months ago)
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George Freeman
We have set up RCAT as a specialist advisory group in the Cabinet Office, connected to our intelligence agencies, so that it can check quickly whether a partner is benign, hostile or dangerous.
[Official Report, 8 March 2023, Vol. 729, c. 119WH.]
Letter of correction from the Minister of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman):
An error has been identified in my response to the debate.
The correct response should have been:
George Freeman
We have set up RCAT as a specialist advisory group in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, connected to our intelligence agencies, so that it can check quickly whether a partner is benign, hostile or dangerous.