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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry

"The Secretary of State referred to an additional £50 million. As he knows, the way in which that was framed made it difficult for dentists to draw down the money. Will he tell the House how much of it has been drawn down and used?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry

"A range of important issues has been raised by those on both Front Benches and in the interventions on them, but I want to focus specifically on NHS dentistry issues.

We have all had so many constituents contact us, and I would like to share a small selection of mine. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and she is absolutely right about how that highlights the crisis we are facing in NHS dentistry. That exists right across England, and it was interesting to hear comments from other nations, because significantly less is spent on dentistry in England than …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry

"I see the Minister shaking her head.

However, there is provision for those who can pay. Healthwatch reported last year:

“Whilst some people were asked to wait an unreasonable time of up to three years for an NHS appointment, those able to afford private care could get an appointment within …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry

"As the Minister is nodding, let us review the position as regards the contract. Back in 2008, the Select Committee on Health declared the system not fit for purpose. The then Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, responded by ordering a review of the system. In 2009, the Steele inquiry reported, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry

"We need transparency, and that starts with a new structure for remunerating dentists—a structure that no longer disincentivises them from taking on NHS patients, and that does not push them towards private care. If we do not make those changes, the system will get worse. Some 50% of NHS practices …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Government Action on Suicide Prevention

"In 2017, my constituent Jack Ritchie took his life at the age of 24 as a result of gambling addiction. I am pleased that his mother and father are in the Gallery with us today. It is estimated that there are more than 400 gambling-related suicides each year. The national …..."
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Written Question
Health Services: Agency Workers
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent (a) locum and (b) agency staff have been paid by NHS England in each of the last five years.

Answered by Edward Argar

The table below sets out average full time equivalent (FTE) data on agency use for the medical and dental staff group and for all agency staff. The figures are for agency use in secondary care.

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22 (YTD Month 1-9 only)

Medical and dental agency use average FTE

4,923

4,913

4,564

4,347

4,621

Total agency use average FTE

26,632

26,674

26,137

26,012

31,350

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Dec 2021
Adult Social Care

"The Minister was right in the way she described the crisis in social care. We have residential and domiciliary provision that falls chronically short of what is needed, care staff who are undervalued and grossly underpaid, and an army of unpaid carers—particularly young carers—who do not have the support they …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"4. What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that unpaid carers can access support when caring for family members. ..."
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