Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Apr 2019
NHS Pension Scheme: Tapered Annual Allowance
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising another specific case. I hope the Minister will bear in mind the added weight of evidence.
Another of my constituents, who has worked as an NHS constituent for 14 years at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow told me that he is …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Apr 2019
NHS Pension Scheme: Tapered Annual Allowance
"I thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments, which are undeserved. There is a wider issue of the general complexity of the systems of reliefs and allowances in the UK pensions system. I hope not that there will be one single dispensation for one area of the public sector, …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 19th February 2019
Asked by:
Paul Masterton (Conservative - East Renfrewshire)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What steps he is taking to prevent self-harm and suicide among children.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Although suicides among children are relatively rare, I am concerned about increases in suicide and self-harm amongst teenagers. As Suicide Prevention Minister I am personally committed to do whatever we can to prevent suicides in children.
We have challenged social media companies to step up and protect children from harmful suicidal and self-harm content and cyberbullying.
The NHS long-term plan commits to increasing funding for children and young people’s mental health services which will ensure children can access the right support, including crisis care provision.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"The internet and social media have provided huge opportunities and positives for our young people, but we have been far too slow to react to the negatives, including cyber-bullying and issues around body image. Will the Minister responsible for suicide prevention, or my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Feb 2019
Licensing of Medical Devices
"I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for the work he does as chair of the all-party group on surgical mesh implants. He will be aware that when the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency appeared before the Public Petitions Committee in the Scottish Parliament it admitted that its verification …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Jan 2019
World Cancer Day
"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. One issue that is not often raised is that of people with cancer who have disabilities. Wendy Douglas, a constituent of mine, died of breast cancer aged just 36. She had very severe autism, and her cancer was caught too late because …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Early Parenthood: Supporting Fathers
"Thank you, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) on securing this debate, and I thank her for her support for new MPs who are also fairly new dads. I very much valued the advice that she gave to me in conversations …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 13th December 2018
Asked by:
Paul Masterton (Conservative - East Renfrewshire)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the establishment of a comprehensive database of mesh implants.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), commissioned by the Department, has recently held two workshops which explored the scope of the three existing mesh databases maintained respectively by the British Association of Urological Surgeons, the British Society of Urogynaecologists, and the Pelvic Floor Society, and what needs to be done to establish a comprehensive database. Participants in the workshops have included representatives from devolved administrations, and from campaign groups.
HQIP will now produce a report with recommendations on next steps.
Written Question
Thursday 13th December 2018
Asked by:
Paul Masterton (Conservative - East Renfrewshire)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the potential establishment of a mesh database on a UK-wide basis.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), commissioned by the Department, has recently held two workshops which explored the scope of the three existing mesh databases maintained respectively by the British Association of Urological Surgeons, the British Society of Urogynaecologists, and the Pelvic Floor Society, and what needs to be done to establish a comprehensive database. Participants in the workshops have included representatives from devolved administrations. Departmental officials also keep in regular contact with counterparts in the devolved administrations.
HQIP will now produce a report with recommendations on next steps.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Nov 2018
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill
"It is, as always, a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston). She speaks with incredible knowledge and expertise in this area, which I will not even attempt to match.
It is nice, on a day of significant Brexit chattering and uncertainty, to be talking …..."Paul Masterton - View Speech
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