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Proceeding contribution from Joan Ruddock (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 January 2014. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Health Care (London).

I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I congratulate her on her brilliant speech, which hon. Members understand from our experiences.

If clause 118 of the Care Bill goes through, every hospital and potential patient in the country will be faced with a situation in which no regard is given to clinical standards or clinical needs. The service will be based entirely upon accountancy. That is what the challenge was in Lewisham hospital. That was what was overturned. The people who knew about it—the consultants, the patients and the commissioning groups—all utterly opposed the trust special administrator proposals. We were right and we won the case. With the new powers, however, all that would be set aside and no one would be heard.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
573 c111WH 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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