Speeches by Dixon.

“Let me flip the question. Why is a shortage of these particular specialists a threat to us achieving what we need to on AMR? Let us make it really specific.”

“Some of that could be replaced. We have talked about other countries having e-prescribing and EPRs. We are talking about AI decision support. Are there better and more efficient ways in which we can make sure that every generalist has, at their fingertips, the right sort of decision support in terms of ensuring greater…”

“I would like to come now to the issue that has been highlighted about those who are more at risk of antimicrobial-resistant infections: babies, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. We have also touched on this in terms of deprivation and ethnicity. There are various theories about why this might be an…”

“Is there anything you would like to add, Professor Whitty, on the social determinants?”

“Thank you for your clear answers.”

“You mentioned hand hygiene. During covid, there was a lot of learning and teaching us all how to make sure that we were doing that frequent handwashing, so it is possible to change human behaviour, not through education programmes but with other types of interventions. Is there anything more that the NHS could be doing…”

“Good morning and thank you for coming. Before I get into my questions, I will declare that I worked as a civil servant in the Department of Health from 2013 to 2015, when Dame Sally Davies was the chief medical officer. All credit to her for championing both nationally and globally this very important issue at that tim…”

“As hospitals’ budgets have been squeezed, has there been any concern that there has not been the appropriate level of cleaning, particularly with outsourcing? Is there any evidence of a difference between insourced and outsourced cleaning?”

“Lord O’Neill has just suggested that it could be more ambitious. That is fine. That was the question—whether we are pushing hard enough in the latest plan. I do not know whether Dr Partridge wants to comment on whether the new plan goes far enough.”

“I want to come back to the issue of public education. You have given examples where GPs are faced with patients and having to do that education in the moment. As part of some of the earlier plans, there were wider public education campaigns. The Keep Antibiotics Working campaign in 2017 to 2019 seemed like it was fairl…”

“Talking about future-proofing our homes, a key things we could do with an ageing population is to ensure that all new homes are built to higher accessibility and adaptability standards. The previous Government consulted on that, but never implemented anything. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that was a lost opportun…”

“Just to establish, what role were you in at the time that that initial report was done in 2017?”

“I am not going to speak about any current legal proceedings in this case. It is using public money to pursue employment tribunals to that degree. Taking the general point, would you say that that is a good use of public money?”

“Perhaps you could write to the Committee and provide the detail about that. I would like now to turn to the case of my constituent Alison McDermott. The majority of what I am about to say is already in the public domain but, for the avoidance of doubt, I do not believe that anything I am about to say relates to live le…”

“I am sure that we will come back in the main hearing to some of the more general points. I also wanted to specifically understand the use of non-disclosure agreements. Are they used across the group? If so, how many have been used at Sellafield in recent years?”

“That is fine. I was a bit confused by that. You have talked about feeling safe to speak up, a culture of learning and improvement and, at the same time, helping to make sure that people are focused on performance and productivity. In terms of some of the projects, absenteeism and lack of workforce has sometimes been a …”

“I have one final point, if I may. There is a lot here about performance culture. We have talked separately about how you are motivating your staff. I was intrigued that having a deadline of 2039 would motivate your workforce.”

“This is survey data that you sent to me personally yesterday afternoon. As it is marked “official”, I assume it is appropriate to draw upon in this hearing, so I have shared with fellow members of the Committee. I am sure that we will all want to come to some more detailed questioning. Before I do that, I do not want t…”

“Good morning. I would like to start by asking a few brief questions to you, Mr Peattie. This whole part of the questioning is really about whistleblowing. Do you have a group-wide whistleblowing policy?”

“You were in a safety-critical role. My own background is working on patient safety in the NHS. Indeed, I am vice-chair of the patient safety APPG. I hope that you will agree with me that it is critical to safety that there is a culture where people at all levels feel safe to speak up. I wondered whether you thought tha…”