Francis Report

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that his predecessors deserve credit for introducing an ins...

It is no good coming all holier than thou and claiming a counsel of perfection from the Governmen...

Does my hon. Friend also recognise the growing problems in the mental health sector, as illustrat...

My hon. Friend anticipates me, as I will come on to that subject. My point that the NHS has gone ...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

In a moment.

On all measures, this winter has been just as bad as the last, with some patie...

As it happens, waiting times for A and E departments are now half what they were when the right h...

Pressure on hospitals, and how we relieve it so that they can care for people properly, is the co...

We have an excellent hospital in Salford—it is one of the best in the country—but we also have 1,...

I hope that the Secretary of State was listening to my hon. Friend. The point I was making—he did...

I agree that this is a debate about the whole NHS, and the 111 service is failing people. On Satu...

That is the problem. The Government’s focus is on hospitals. All the while, alternatives to A and...

Constituents across the country will be really concerned that the Secretary of State was shaking ...

That is what I am saying: A and E is the barometer of the whole system. If there is pressure anyw...

The NHS in Wales is relevant. Thousands of constituents in England have to use the NHS in Wales—t...

I, as part of the previous Government, left the lowest waiting times in the history of the NHS, a...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I came to have a debate on the Francis report. The sha...

Frankly, that is my business and I do not require any help to decide what is in order. The shadow...

It is interesting that Government Members do not like it, but this is the reality in the NHS righ...

Just to put the record straight and to give the shadow Secretary of State the opportunity to rect...

I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has acknowledged that it was I who appointed Robert Francis ...

As my right hon. Friend knows, my wife is a community psychiatric nurse who sees mental health se...

My hon. Friend is right: it is the poor relation which has always been on the fringes of the syst...

As the right hon. Gentleman knows, I was critical of the last Labour Government for rather bizarr...

I do support that campaign, because I think that we need transparency so that local people can se...

What with NHS England, the NHS Trust Development Authority, the Care Quality Commission, Monitor,...

My hon. Friend has raised an important point. People are confused about the new NHS, and confused...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Time is against us, I am afraid.

The Secretary of State is wrong if he thinks that top-down...

The right hon. Gentleman has alluded to the sustainability of district hospitals. In the light of...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very important call, and I think he is right: hospitals are going to h...

I was told by a senior member of the medical profession that the two Francis inquiries were the m...

Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the most shameful episodes highlighted by the Francis repor...

I agree. The treatment of whistleblowers has been a disgrace, not just at Mid Staffs but in many ...

Does my hon. Friend accept that it is clearly stated in the prime ministerial guidelines of 2005 ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and for all the work he has done on this issue. It i...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for mentioning that point. Does he agree that an important ta...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but that task is probably beyond my competence. I agr...

I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for Stone (Mr Cash) for the work they hav...

I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman, to all the Stoke-on-Trent MPs and to the hon. Member fo...

On the proposed reorganisation of services in Staffordshire, what is the role of the clinical com...

My right hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. Indeed, the clinical commissioning group...

I thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for giving way, and I commend him for his work on this issue...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point, which is one of the things that needs to b...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) on his eloquent presentation. The Fra...

I pay tribute to the right hon. Lady for her work in championing patients and in drawing attentio...

I am grateful to Professor Sir Bruce Keogh for offering to assist. Given his vast experience, the...

The right hon. Lady is a doughty campaigner and commands the respect of the whole House for her w...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point. In the report that I wrote with Tricia...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd). I, too, pay tribut...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way so early in his speech, to which I am listenin...

The right hon. Gentleman asks a number of questions. I am still not clear about his position and ...

Does my hon. Friend recall—it might be difficult for him as he was not a Member of the House at t...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has a longer history in this House than I do, and indeed a l...

This debate, which is taking place 12 months after the publication of the Francis report, is long...

I endorse what the hon. Lady says. I think that I had to call 15 times for the report to be debat...

I think that there has been an extraordinary degree of cross-party support from all Staffordshire...

If I understand the situation correctly, the previous Member for Stafford was lied to when he tri...

That encapsulates the problem of Members of Parliament trying to get to the bottom of what is hap...

Does the hon. Lady accept that one great problem that beset the whole Stafford tragedy was the fa...

It may surprise the hon. Gentleman to know that I agree with him, and that the target culture has...

My hon. Friend is being generous with her time. There is an issue, which the hon. Member for Cann...

My hon. Friend makes a good point, and I see nods on both sides of the House. We have a tariff sy...

Does the hon. Lady agree that there is a serious problem with acute tariffs that have generally b...

I agree, and in the many meetings that north Staffordshire MPs have had with the University Hospi...

I am sorry that I could not be here at the beginning of the debate because of other commitments. ...

I am conscious that many hon. Members want to speak. My hon. Friend has pre-empted two points tha...

Will the hon. Lady kindly explain to those of us who are not Staffordshire colleagues what the re...

It was suggested earlier that we might need a special debate, at length, solely on the trust spec...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Francis report is all about patient safety? What happened at S...

I agree that the Francis report is absolutely about patient safety. It is also about financial vi...

rose—

Order. Before I call the next speaker, although this debate is due to run until 7 pm and obviousl...

I will certainly watch the clock very carefully, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I want to pick up on...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I cannot, because of what Madam Deputy Speaker has said.

My main point is about mental heal...

Police cell.

I am grateful to the Minister for correcting the record from a sedentary position.

There we...

I just want to alert my right hon. Friend to the fact that David Nicholson, the chief executive o...

I very much welcome that and what the Minister says.

The reason I have raised issues about ...

I will focus on the impact of the Francis report on my local hospital in Tameside.

Tameside...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for setting out the case. Does he share my confidence that the ho...

I endorse those comments entirely and thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. The negative att...

It is quite difficult at this stage in the saga—the tragedy—of Stafford hospital to recall how it...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his generous comments. While he is paying tribute to people w...

I am extremely glad that my right hon. Friend has made that point. The zero-harm policy is so imp...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there could be some inconsistency between those two conflictin...

That point will have been taken on board by the Secretary of State, who is in his place. One of t...

In that case, I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman would like to invite the Secretary of State to ...

I shall not engage in a vicarious ping-pong match with the hon. Lady. The point has been made and...

I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his persistence, and to the work of the hon. Member for S...

I am concerned that there should be a maximum degree of co-operation and collaboration, and perce...

I want to talk about the Francis report, which detailed failures that were a betrayal of NHS valu...

The Francis report makes some recommendations on mental health, which is in the social care categ...

Indeed, and our most recent inquiries in the Health Committee are about mental health issues. The...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I would prefer not to. That money could and should have been spent on improving staffing, particu...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No, I do not have time.

Given that situation, we have to learn that precious NHS resources ...

Thank you for calling me to contribute to this debate, Mr Speaker. I am sorry that the shadow Hea...

I reread the executive summary of the Francis report yesterday when I was on a train journey, and...

I wonder whether my right hon. Friend has had similar cases to a difficult one that I had for mon...

I agree entirely. The system is defensive and people do not get a satisfactory response, but the ...

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Rother Valley (Kevin Barron) who has c...

Aneurin Bevan’s father died in his arms from coal dust disease, and that drove his passion to est...

I believe that the Francis report is becoming a major turning point in the life of our national h...

Will my hon. Friend share his reaction to the news that the parliamentary and health service ombu...

Yes, I welcome that. My Committee works closely with the PHSO, Dame Julie Mellor. I paid a visit ...

I welcome this debate because it has given us an opportunity to reflect, to learn and, hopefully,...

I am honoured to be able to participate in this debate, and it is champion to follow my hon. Frie...

Champion!

Thank you very much, Bob.

I want to make three points. First, I want to consider the contex...

I’ll intervene on that point.

Well, that’s very kind of the hon. Gentleman.

Order. The hon. Member for Beckenham has only just come in. He perhaps ought to hear a little bit...

We should remember that most hospitals provide very high standards of care, and have dedicated an...

I now have to announce the result of Divisions deferred from a previous day.

On the motion ...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is an especial pleasure to follow my near neighbour in the north...

It is 10 years after the trust lost its three-star rating and went down to zero. It is nine years...

It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate. Members on both sides of the House have shown...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will give way to the hon. Gentleman this one time.

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way, unlike her colleague earlier. In the spirit with w...

Wherever there is evidence of poor care, it must be looked into. The hon. Gentleman did not menti...

This is more pervasive than something that happens at the highest level. When members of my trade...

This is not leadership; this is not what we want in our health service.

Real leadership is ...

The publication of the Francis report was an incredibly humbling day for our national health serv...

Through the Minister, may I pose a question to my hon. Friend the Minister of State who has respo...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that the first step in addressing financial disin...

I thoroughly agree with the Minister about collecting data on mental health so that we can make p...

It is very difficult for me to stand at the Dispatch Box and take any lessons from the right hon....

I have listened carefully to the Minister’s response to the various contributions that have been ...

Again, I will not deviate from the general theme of the debate and try your patience, Mr Deputy S...

rose—

I have given a very helpful reply to the hon. Lady, but I will give way once more.

I say to the Minister and the Secretary of State that the use of the phrase “in due course” cause...

We are leading by example. As I outlined, the Secretary of State has accepted the TSA recommendat...

rose—

The right hon. Gentleman might wish to intervene in a moment, but first I will respond to his goo...

Will the Minister consider what I said about how an independent statutory commissioner could exam...

I will talk about complaints a little later, but the right hon. Gentleman has made some important...

The Minister is outlining the legislative and regulatory changes that arise from the Francis repo...

I am not sure whether my hon. Friend has seen my brief, but that was exactly the point I was comi...