"The Chancellor has made her key decision to put us back on track, announcing in the Budget that capital health spending would increase by £15.2 billion by the end of the spending review period in 2029-30. That funding will be used as intended; in previous years, as we heard, capital …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"I will finish these points and answer some of the issues that have been raised.
The first 120 neighbourhood health centres will be operational by 2030 and will, as we have heard, be delivered through a mixture of public and private partnerships. I thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"No, I will not, because I want to get through my final comments.
We put the new hospital programme on a sustainable footing. I understand that local people across the country were led up the garden path and told something was going to happen. I think we all recognise that …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I thank colleagues for their kind remarks about my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton). We will miss her. She has set a great example, not only by continuing while undergoing cancer treatment but, as hon. …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison.
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill (Kate Osamor) for securing the debate. I echo her comments about Mrs Thorn in the light of her husband Jack’s experience. My hon. Friend has worked diligently …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"The health PFI programme between 1992 and 2015 delivered 126 new acute facilities for the NHS, and over £12 billion of investment in the estate. NHS PFI contracts are held by individual trusts, and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority publishes annual data on them, including the costs of …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"My hon. Friend highlights an important example, where something is clearly not going well. The Department is working with the team at Alder Hey to help rectify some of those problems. That is why we will not be using that PFI model in future. We have learned those lessons and …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"It should not be so difficult for women to get a diagnosis for a condition that every single one of us goes through. That is why this Government took a landmark step forward by including menopause in the NHS health checks for the first time ever. It is assessed that …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point that many of us will, unfortunately, recognise. We need to address variability in training, through the NHS health checks and training that is being rolled out by both the General Medical Council and the royal colleges. We need to go further. There are …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman makes an important point about supply and availability across the country, which is something we monitor regularly to ensure that if there is a shortage of a medicine in an area, there are alternatives available. We will continue to keep that under review, to ensure that women …..." Karin Smyth - View Speech