Maria Caulfield: Departmental staff were informed of the appointment of a new Secretary of State through the following message on the Department’s intranet: “The Rt Hon Steve Barclay has been appointed by the Prime Minister as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 5 July 2022. Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay said: It is an honour to take up the position of Health and Social Care...
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Steve Barclay: In reaching their recommendations the independent pay review bodies consider a number of factors, including recruitment and retention. Today I announced that the government would accept the NHS Pay Review Body and Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration recommendations in full. Alongside pay we continue to invest in recruitment and retention, backed by our record £39 billion...
Steve Barclay: As of 2020/21 Integrated Care Systems have been empowered to prioritise their funding as they see fit to best improve care in local areas. £20 billion capital will be provided at a national level for the period 2022/23 to 2024/25, of which £218 million has already been allocated for 2022/23 to Cheshire and Merseyside (Integrated Care Board). Local health system planners acknowledge the need...
Steve Barclay: The 50th Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), the 35th report of the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) and the 44th report of the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) are being published today. The reports will be presented to parliament and published on Gov.uk. I am grateful to all the Chairs and members of the review bodies for their reports, and I welcome...
Steve Barclay: During the pandemic, we took unprecedented action to protect NHS dentistry capacity, providing over £1.7 billion of income protection. We also ensured that those who needed it most could access the available care by establishing 700 urgent care centres nationwide. NHS dentists are now returning to 100% of their contracted activity.
Steve Barclay: The reimbursement of travel costs for NHS staff is covered by the NHS terms and conditions, which are agreed jointly by employers and NHS trade unions. The terms and conditions set out the process for reviewing the rate, and that process includes reviewing fluctuations in fuel prices.
Steve Barclay: We know that general practices are still under significant pressure and demand for their services is high. We are investing at least £1.5 billion to create an additional 50 million appointments a year by 2024, and of course not all appointments are, or should be, with GPs.
Steve Barclay: I am honoured to have taken on the role of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and to have responsibility for incredibly important services that touch all our lives. I pay tribute to my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Sajid Javid), for everything he achieved in this role, and for the dedication he showed. I also welcome my new ministerial team. Since...
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Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Secretary Nadine Dorries, supported by Secretary Priti Patel, Secretary Steve Barclay, Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Matt Warman, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Stephen McPartland, Tom Pursglove, and Heather Wheeler, presented a Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living...
Steve Barclay: Let me start with the area on which the hon. Lady was correct, which is that I recognise the increased pressure on ambulances and hospitals. That is why we put in place the long-established contingency plans. Since the heatwave in Paris in 2003, it is the case that each year in May, we put in place our heatwave plans. That is what has been activated. Those plans were refreshed as recently as...
Steve Barclay: On 13 July, I visited Whipps Cross hospital, the Hamlyn Centre at Imperial College and held meetings with NHS England on ambulances and emergency care, elective services and the hospital building programme. Since my appointment, I have held meetings on subjects such as primary care, pay, capital, data and technology. I have also accompanied shifts with staff in the London and East of England...
Kit Malthouse: I am delighted to have been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, taking over this key role from my right hon. Friend the Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay), who is the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. He is now looking after the nation’s health and I am making sure that the Cabinet Office is match fit so that, in this time of flux in the body...
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Steve Barclay: I have been asked to reply, further to the comments made by the Leader of the Opposition at Prime Minister’s Questions on 22 June. A read-out of the meeting was published at the time and is available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-call-with-financial-se rvices-leaders-7-june-2021 Contrary to the incorrect claims made by the Leader of the Opposition, I would...
Keir Starmer: ...to the Treasury said that there is a “society-wide responsibility” for people to take a pay cut. At the same time, his chief of staff, the right hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay), is trying to change the law to get bankers’ bonuses increased. So come one, only one of them can be right: is it his Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who says that every worker...
Baroness Smith of Basildon: ...key issue, what assessment has been undertaken by the Government regarding the cuts to the maintenance workers? Thirdly, as I came into the Chamber I was given information about a letter written by Steve Barclay, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, to Rishi Sunak. The Government’s message has been very clear on how important it is that we have wage restraint, and they have been very...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Secretary Elizabeth Truss, supported by the Prime Minister, Secretary Dominic Raab, Steve Barclay, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Priti Patel, Secretary Sajid Javid, Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary George Eustice, Secretary Brandon Lewis, Michael Ellis, and the Attorney General, presented a Bill to make provision about...
Steve Barclay: The Government are working closely with the food industry to ensure that the UK’s food security is resilient to shocks. The resilience strategy will be published this summer and will reflect a range of global resilience issues.