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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Covid-19: Community Pharmacies

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I feel there will be a great deal of consensus over the course of this debate.

I have shared my experiences of my first job working in my uncle’s community pharmacy on numerous occasions in Parliament. Indeed, I secured …..."

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Written Question
Asylum: Napier Barracks
Thursday 25th February 2021

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2021 to Question 146935, what advice Public Health England provided in respect of the removal of residents from Napier Barracks.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

Following initial investigations, Public Health England advised moving those who are clinically vulnerable and those who have testing negative off-site. If it was not possible to relocate all negative individuals off site, then they should be accommodated separately on-site, with numbers in groups kept as small as possible to reduce the risk of ongoing transmission. This has remained the advice since.


Written Question
NHS: Migrant Workers
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS health and social care workers of non-British nationality were working in the UK as of 20 January 2021; and what proportion of those people had indefinite leave to remain as of that date.

Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

As at September 2020 there were 176,965 NHS staff with a non-UK nationality. Information on the proportion of staff who had indefinite leave to remain as at September 2020 is not held centrally.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out

"This is incredibly welcome news today. Looking ahead to Christmas, I have been approached by a number of emergency service workers in the NHS, policing and other sectors who will miss out on the opportunity to see loved ones because of the window for household mixing—they will still be working …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Family Visits in Health and Social Care Settings: Covid-19

"It is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair in this important debate, Ms McVey. I thank the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey) for securing it and for sharing the harrowing story of Jamie from her constituency. It will stay with every single person who heard it.

I …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Sep 2020
Covid-19 Update

"I appreciate that we must keep a very close eye on infection rates and respond quickly and effectively. The Government say that they are listening to local leaders on the local restrictions, yet the very clear data-led recommendation from myself and Calderdale’s leaders last week was for the restrictions to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2020
Independent Pharmacies

"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is making a powerful speech, and I congratulate him on securing this Adjournment debate. Having worked in an independent pharmacy while I was at school, I recognise the trusted relationship that he describes between the pharmacist and the community that they serve. …..."
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Written Question
Endoscopy: Coronavirus
Tuesday 12th May 2020

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the resumption of endoscopy service provision during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The National Health Service has continued to provide urgent and emergency services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure patient safety and continuation of service, local systems and Cancer Alliances are providing diagnostic and surgical provision through cancer hubs and contracted independent sector hospitals.

Diagnostics and treatment are actively being brought back up to pre-pandemic levels and referrals into services are being encouraged through campaigns such as the ‘Open for Business’ media campaign to encourage people with potentially serious health issues, such as cancer, to continue to seek medical advice and attend essential appointments.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Hypermobility Syndromes: Healthwatch Calderdale’s Report

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Hypermobility Syndromes: Healthwatch Calderdale’s Report

"I am grateful to my neighbour for giving way. I thank him for securing the debate and congratulate him on articulating a number of those medical conditions incredibly well. I have two constituents I am aware of who have a diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I was incredibly disappointed earlier this …..."
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