Speeches by Streeting.

“Everyone accessing maternity care should be offered a personalised care and support plan, informed by a personalised risk assessment. That is so women have more control over their own care based on what matters to them and their individual needs and preferences, as well as to ensure that every woman understands the ris…”

“The hon. Gentleman should absolutely make representations to his local ICB if he has concerns about service reconfigurations. We are investing more in the NHS, but I recognise that there are none the less big challenges for ICBs to face. I am sure that the ICB would be happy to meet him to hear his concerns.”

“Without pre-empting Baroness Amos’s work, let me say that the hon. Lady is absolutely right. We need to give staff the tools that will enable them to do the job to the best of their ability, and they need the right facilities and environment in which they can work and patients can be cared for. It is completely unaccep…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that issue, and I commend her for the work she is doing in this area. There is a real risk of post-natal depression. Certainly where there have been complications in birth or, worse still, injury or the most unimaginable experience of loss, we need to make sure that women and…”

“I can well understand why my hon. Friend is particularly concerned about the impact of changes on cancer patients. I know that his integrated care board has heard his representations, and it will have heard them again today; I am sure it will be happy to meet with him, as will my hon. Friend the Minister of State for H…”

“Let me just point out that in the 18 months for which I have had the privilege of holding this post, we have invested more than £131 million in 122 infrastructure projects across 49 NHS trusts to improve the safety of neonatal care facilities. We have implemented a new programme to reduce the two leading causes of avoi…”

“I will make certain that my Department and the NHS look into what has happened to provision in the hon. Lady’s area, and I will write to her about it. She is quite right about the need to ensure that parents are given high-quality information from the time of conception so that they can make informed decisions about ev…”

“Rural and coastal constituencies, like South Dorset, are at the heart of our shift in the 10-year plan from hospitals to communities. Not only does everyone deserve care closer to where they live and work, but people in rural and coastal areas often see the sharp end of health inequalities. After 15 years of damage, th…”

“The hon. Member is quite right to hold the Government’s feet to the fire on this issue. We are having cross-Government discussions about this issue and other groups of victims of state failure. We will keep him and the House updated.”

“It is a debate worthy of our time and Parliament should get stuck into it.”

“I certainly do not need to be told what my responsibilities are on this. I always take responsibility for the decisions I take. I acknowledge the extent to which the hon. Gentleman and members of his party seek to weaponise this issue, and to personalise it. [Interruption.] We can simply refer back to his question and …”

“No, that is not the expectation I am setting. I definitely do not want the review team to think, “Oh great, we can kick back,” but to be fair, the team behind this—not just our formal reviewers but the team of officials sitting behind this—are really keen to get stuck in, because we recognise just how widespread public…”

“You are leading me towards minimum unit pricing.”

“That is a good challenge. The problem with alcohol is excess generally in terms of tackling things like obesity, and in terms of good health, whether liver health or otherwise. We have a particular challenge with problem drinking and people who drink to the point of dependency or addiction. We should draw a distinction…”

“I think that that is a fair challenge. We should come back to you on that in more detail. We will go away and take up the challenge.”

“I think so. The approach I have taken with a number of these sorts of review is, “Let’s go as fast as we can so that we can make progress as quickly as possible, recognising that so much of what needs to be done in terms of the public policy response relies on good evidence.” But as I have also shown in other contexts,…”

“Is local government the right place for this sort of public health work? So far, the answer has been yes. It is a finely balanced argument, and there are some decent arguments for taking some of those services back into the NHS. I know that is where you are pushing us—”

“I think it is a bit of both; it is to understand what is going on, and the trends and the drivers. From a broader health perspective and how we think about our 10-year plan, first and foremost, prevention is better than cure. If we can understand the drivers of different physical or mental conditions and there are step…”

“I think that at the heart of your question, Becky, you are asking—”

“There have been a few things so far: first, to appreciate and respect through actions, not just words, the role that the voluntary sector plays in the provision of sexual health services. In my early weeks and months in office, that meant, for example, making sure that when we contract, we recognise the actual cost pro…”