Speeches by Dixon.

“It was quite a large-scale scandal. Thank you.”

“I totally agree with my hon. Friend that schools and teachers are at the forefront of the mental health crisis facing our children. I recently visited a local primary school, Burley and Woodhead Church of England primary, and I pay tribute to the staff there for the excellent work they do to support the young people wi…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this Backbench Business debate. That statistic of one in five young people having a mental health condition must concern us all. I hear from my own constituents in Shipley that they are waiting a long time to get their children seen on the NHS—whether for an attention deficit hyperac…”

“No, it is more about the typology. There is more than enough information on some subjects. It just does not truly reflect the priorities that the public and patients have. There are many more things that we could discuss, but I am sure we will have other opportunities, through the Public Accounts Committee, to come bac…”

“There is a mismatch, in a way, between the areas where we are interested in knowing what we are spending and what you have in the accountability report, and your typology breakdown, where there are some large categories that just say “clinical services” or “community services”. From a transparency point of view, it is …”

“Yes. Similarly, on mental health, I was pleased to see on page 22 of your annual accounts that all ICBs did meet the mental health investment standard. I believe there is a commitment to continue with the mental health investment standard. Could you just confirm until what date that commitment has been made?”

“In that typology of the breakdown of costs—my apologies if I have missed it—I did not really see anything that gave a sense of how much we were spending on palliative or end-of-life care. Indeed, in the performance report, which goes into great detail on many topics with pages of information, there are but four lines, …”

“You can learn best practice from the local authority. You probably do not need to respond to that, Julian.”

“Likewise, I just have a couple of quick supplementaries. Following up on the point on social care, there does seem to be a breakdown on page 278 of the accounts. I always get my noughts muddled up, but I think the purchasing of social care by the NHS is about £1.4 billion. The feedback from a lot of social care provide…”

“Could we have that in this follow-up note?”

“I have a very small supplementary question, if I may, just to get this on the record, particularly given the data coming back. I realise there are a lot of different assumptions behind future liabilities. The Cumberlege review, “First Do No Harm”, looked at the pelvic mesh implant scandal, which affected a number of my…”

“Thank you very much, Sir Chris. I could go on; I would love to discuss patient safety all day.”

“I would also just concur with your point about the lawyers. Certainly, I would hope that NHS Resolution would look more closely at how it could reduce the legal component and, indeed, consider no-fault compensation. Is that something that is on the agenda for NHS Resolution?”

“I am sorry, Chair. For this part of the discussion, I should have made a declaration of interest that I am an officer of the all-party parliamentary group for patient safety. Certainly, I was going to draw attention particularly to maternity outcomes. As you say, Sir Chris, while they might not be the largest number, t…”

“Behind this monetary figure lie tragic incidents of patient harm. We would like to see the NHS really recognising that it should do no harm. I would be grateful if you could say a little more than is in some of the performance reports about what you are doing to reduce patient harm and advance patient safety. Will this…”

“It is very important that all those who were victims of this scandal have a right to compensation. Thank you for that. Moving on to clinical negligence, in the accounts we see very large numbers in terms of the liabilities and costs relating to risks to do with clinical negligence. The provisions here were £58.2 billio…”

“In the meantime it will sit with you, Sir Chris, until that date. Unless colleagues have any supplementaries on that, I would like to move on to clinical negligence.”

“Who is the accountable officer? We need to make sure there is real clarity on who is accountable for this.”

“What was the date for that?”

“We had the final report from the infected blood inquiry in May of last year. As part of that, the new Infected Blood Compensation Authority has been set up. In the meantime, I understand that DHSC remains responsible for making some of the interim payments to infected people and their families. The Chancellor committed…”