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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 03 Nov 2017
Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill

"My hon. Friend raises an important point. Does she agree that we must be careful not to judge people in that situation? There is always a temptation to think that there could be other reasons for it, but often they come from terrible circumstances, for example, having been the victims …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 03 Nov 2017
Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill

"My hon. Friend rightly pays tribute to the work of our hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire and makes an important point, which pertains to mental health, about children needing a safe architecture in which to grow up. Just as we, as parents, give them safety and security …..."
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Written Question
Dental Services
Wednesday 18th October 2017

Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve information for patients who may be exempt from dental charges.

Answered by Steve Brine

The Department makes available to all National Health Service dental practices a patient leaflet which includes information on how to claim free treatment and reminds practices annually of the need to display the leaflets. Information is also set out on NHS Choices and can be found here:

www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1786.aspx?CategoryID=74&SubCategoryID=742

Information on NHS Choices is regularly reviewed.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2016
Community Pharmacies

"As we have already heard in the debate, many of us have seen the considerable value that local community pharmacies provide in our constituencies. I have seen that myself with the Manor pharmacy in Elstree, which is run by Graham Philips, to whom my right hon. Friend the Member for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2016
Community Pharmacies

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right that pharmacies play a crucial role in relieving the frontline of NHS services. However, that does not mean that reforms are not necessary. Of course we need to incentivise the kind of advantageous behaviour we have talked about; but we also need to recognise …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2016
Community Pharmacies

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Equally, many such pharmacies do not provide any of the wider community health benefits. In essence, they are just dispensing services...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2016
Community Pharmacies

"That is precisely the point that I am coming to. As we proceed with these reforms, hon. Members need to recognise that we will need further savings in this area. I am not attacking large retailers because of their size; it is because of the lack of such wider provisions. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2016
Community Pharmacies

"That was not my point; I was saying that many large-scale dispensaries, particularly in supermarkets, do little more than deliver drugs, but we need to focus on the community pharmacies that provide the wider services...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What clothing and other support the NHS provides to elderly people discharged from hospital into care homes for the first time. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I have been approached by a number of constituents concerned about cases of elderly and vulnerable people who have been discharged from hospital straight into care homes, often without any basic personal effects or clothing because their family cannot or are not willing to supply them. Does the Minister recognise …..."
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