Speeches by McIntyre.

“Okay. Can you provide an update on how the roll-out of the golden hello scheme is going, and the data you have to support the impact it is having on access in areas of high demand?”

“I will move swiftly on to the questions I am meant to be asking.”

“We have recognised in the 10-year plan that shifting to prevention will relieve pressures on the system as a whole. For example, if you tackle obesity, you will have fewer people developing bowel cancer, which will cut costs overall. If the longer-term reform of the contract is focused on urgent treatment, are we not a…”

“The impact assessment published with the consultation that came out yesterday shows that if you eradicated those unnecessary check-ups and used the underspend properly, you could—the aim is to get to 500,000 more patients next year. At the moment, the problem is that there are too many unnecessary check-ups.”

“When I knock on doors in my Gloucester constituency, I hear time and again about the importance of tackling the 8 am scramble for a GP appointment, and the difficulty many of my constituents faced under the Conservative Government getting the care they needed. Will my right hon. Friend explain how Labour’s 10-year plan…”

“The workforce plan has set a target to increase training places for speech and language therapists at just under 1,200 this year. Will that meet the workforce demands the sector is facing?”

“You touched on the focus being on NHS and healthcare settings. What can we do to see it differently in the future, so that we are focusing on other areas, too? In terms of the workforce, what would you like to see?”

“I will hand back to the Chair.”

“One final question to make sure I get it in. Claire, this is for you. How is the guidance on the neighbourhood multidisciplinary teams being implemented in practice?”

“We are in a really fortunate position in many ways, but we have been passed from pillar to post on this. We were told by a GP to go to the health visitor on it; the health visitor said that we need to go to a pharmacist; the pharmacist said no, we need to go back to the health visitor; they then said we need to phone 1…”

“To change the subject slightly, on that point about need, one of the challenges that parents in my part of the world are facing is around allergies. We know that allergies are massively increasing, particularly among babies,. With things like eczema, the research shows that allergies are likely to be involved as well. …”

“Thank you all for your answers so far. We have touched on some of the things that I was going to ask about. I have to declare an interest: I have a 20-month-old boy, and he of course falls firmly within the 1,001 days. I have been really interested to hear what you have had to say so far. One part of the conversation t…”

“Over recent months, I have consulted with constituents who have lived experience of disability and the welfare system and their representatives. I know that they will welcome the Secretary of State’s statement that protections for existing claimants will be protected, but one of the most heartbreaking stories I heard i…”

“Thank you all very much for being here this morning. To kick off, we heard a lot about this from the first panel, but what are the risks of children not being able to get timely access to an autism or ADHD assessment? Perhaps I can turn first to Professor Green.”

“I am very conscious of time. Does anyone else want to add anything on top of that?”

“What data or analysis is available on the longer-term cost to society and public services of poor access to assessment and treatment?”

“I am very conscious of time, so I will hand back to the Chair, because I am sure colleagues have lots of questions.”

“What would those interventions look like in terms of early support?”

“For the benefit of the Committee’s evidence, what are the key interventions that would allow us to address the inequalities in access to assessment and diagnosis, and what barriers would prevent us from making those work?”

“It is really integrated.”