Parliamentary search - Health Services (Gloucestershire)

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

447 c585-614

Session

2005-06

Department

Department of Health

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Caroline Flint | 447 c610-2, (corrigendum) 750 (Link to this contribution) No, I am not giving way again. I have already given way several times to the hon. Gentleman and resp...

Laurence Robertson | 447 c585-8 (Link to this contribution) I rather regret the need for this debate, but having said that, I am pleased to have secured it and ...

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Laurence Robertson | 447 c588 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I know that he shares my concerns. He makes the point well:...

Martin Horwood | 447 c588 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is added nonsense in the concept of repayment in that parti...

David Drew | 447 c588 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows my position on this issue, but an answer to his question would greatly help...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c599-602 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to catch your eye in this debate. I congratulate my h...

Martin Horwood | 447 c599;447 c598-9 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely, and I am sure that the hon. Gentleman agrees with 13 of his fellow governors of th...

David Drew | 447 c598 (Link to this contribution) I know something about the issue, which I have debated as a governor of the acute trust. I agreed wi...

David Drew | 447 c603 (Link to this contribution) I worry about patients with dementia who do not need to be in a clinical setting but who may need to...

David Drew | 447 c590 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr. Robertson) on initiating the debate. This is the ...

Laurence Robertson | 447 c588-90 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, this becomes more complicated because the three trusts are merging into one. I am not making...

David Drew | 447 c591-3 (Link to this contribution) I agree and make no apology for concentrating on that point, because that is the most urgent consult...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c590 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point, because there is no reason at all for the dissimilarit...

Laurence Robertson | 447 c595 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes some powerful points. Does he agree that there is a further problem, albeit...

Martin Horwood | 447 c593-5 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr. Robertson) on securing this important d...

Martin Horwood | 447 c596 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with that. In fact, the atmosphere in which things are being done is so febrile tha...

David Drew | 447 c596 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making the case for Stroud, which is a wonderful midwife-led unit. I am sure t...

Martin Horwood | 447 c597;447 c596-7 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree that smaller, friendly units will have a tendency towards fewer interventions. The...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c597 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is concerned about the risk of travelling from Cheltenham to Gloucester, will ...

Martin Horwood | 447 c597-8 (Link to this contribution) I am inclined to agree with the hon. Gentleman, as he knows the statistics in his constituency. Howe...

Caroline Flint | 447 c614 (Link to this contribution) I understand that it is in terms of income and expenditure, but there is also the issue around the o...

Caroline Flint | 447 c612-3 (Link to this contribution) I think it is a combination of the two. Organisations must ensure that their income and expenditure ...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c612 (Link to this contribution) I think that the Minister is eliding two requirements. One is the return to financial balance by the...

Caroline Flint | 447 c613 (Link to this contribution) I shall be happy to follow that up.

David Drew | 447 c613 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will understand why we feel so much in need of clarification. I have seen the correspon...

Caroline Flint | 447 c613 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) first. Then I will give way to th...

Caroline Flint | 447 c613 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, the problems in different trusts must first be identified, along with the amounts of...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c608 (Link to this contribution) We have until 10 o’clock.

Caroline Flint | 447 c608 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a bit of progress, otherwise I will not even get to the questions that hon. Members h...

Caroline Flint | 447 c609-10 (Link to this contribution) I cannot be clearer than I already have been. I do understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. However, w...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c608 (Link to this contribution) We have suffered particularly in Gloucestershire because the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire str...

Caroline Flint | 447 c608 (Link to this contribution) That is true, but I have just looked at you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I think that you might want t...

Martin Horwood | 447 c608-9;447 c608 (Link to this contribution) The Minister repeatedly talks about the problems of tackling the trusts that are in deficit and thei...

Caroline Flint | 447 c608 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the difficulties experienced when areas that are in balance have to help out others. I,...

Caroline Flint | 447 c604 (Link to this contribution) Because of the curtailment of business earlier, this debate has been rather longer than the normal h...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c603-4 (Link to this contribution) I agree. The matter concerns patients going to and from hospital not only for treatment, but for con...

Caroline Flint | 447 c607-8 (Link to this contribution) There are all sorts of reasons why some organisations have got into financial problems, as the hon. ...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c607 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will answer the core question about the criteria that the PCTs are being se...

Caroline Flint | 447 c607;447 c606-7 (Link to this contribution) If someone has mental health or learning difficulties, or a long-term condition such as diabetes, or...

David Drew | 447 c606 (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly support what my hon. Friend says. We are examining the detail of the White Paper ““...

Caroline Flint | 447 c606 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that constructive contribution. I have met representatives of the str...

Laurence Robertson | 447 c605-6 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is absolutely right that we need a modern health service; I have said myself that it sh...

Caroline Flint | 447 c604-5 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman makes that point. Historically, part of the problem is that public...

Martin Horwood | 447 c604 (Link to this contribution) Given the Minister’s responsibility for public health, is she concerned about the fact that savings ...

Laurence Robertson | 447 c613 (Link to this contribution) I think the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) made the point that I intended to make, but I will say...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 447 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) Yes; the situation will be even worse than the one I have described if babies are born in cars, rath...

Martin Horwood | 447 c602 (Link to this contribution) I did not mean to dismiss the hon. Gentleman’s concern about his constituents’ drive times and accep...

Martin Horwood | 447 c613-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Minister’s patience in giving way to me again. Part of the problem may be the...

Martin Horwood | 447 c608 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?

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