NHS Reform

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his support on many of the measures that we are announcing t...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s vision of an NHS that is empowered to focus more fully on the ...

I thank my hon. Friend for her important comments, and for sitting through a very long speech I g...

I have to declare an interest: like most doctors, I am a member of the British Medical Associatio...

Order. May I gently say that from now on we are going to have to enforce the time limits on Oppos...

The hon. Lady speaks with the authority of someone who works in hospitals, and I always listen to...

Senior clinicians in my constituency are warning of a major threat to patient safety as a result ...

I am more than happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss those matters. Wythenshawe is an excellent...

How will the Secretary of State pay for his very laudable objective of seven-day working when he ...

Let me tell the right hon. Gentleman why so many places are going into deficit. They have looked ...

I declare an interest as a member of the BMA.

I absolutely agree with all the points made b...

My hon. Friend obviously speaks with huge knowledge—I am wondering whether she is the first Conse...

I echo the comments of the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Brady). Despite a public ...

As I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Brady), I will look into ...

We in Staffordshire know better than most what the denial machine that the Secretary of State ref...

I will absolutely encourage that. The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest...

I advised food manufacturers in the ’90s about bringing in seven-day working to keep supermarket ...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for finding time to come to the Chamber on what I know is an imp...

Our doctors no doubt work incredibly hard in our hospitals. The people of Brigg and Goole and the...

I thank my hon. Friend because he leads by example as a first responder and does a fantastic job ...

The Secretary of State has not outlined what steps should be taken to recruit, train and retain f...

We have big plans to recruit and retain staff, and those are being worked up by Health Education ...

I declare an interest as an NHS nurse. Does the Secretary of State agree that the UK has one of t...

Absolutely. May I say how pleased I am to welcome my hon. Friend’s experience on the Conservative...

As someone who has spent quite a bit of time going to hospitals over the past 16 years, I have le...

Let me tell the hon. Gentleman what the doctors and nurses working in our NHS hospitals see. They...

Will my right hon. Friend ensure that neither the revalidation regime nor the NHS’s status as a n...

As ever, my hon. Friend is spot on. At the heart of what I am saying today is creating a new lear...

Are the Government considering the introduction of charging in the NHS, as a member of the Secret...

No, that is not the case, and the hon. Lady should avoid scaremongering.

Given the political priority which my right hon. Friend attaches to 24/7 consultant cover for acc...

The truth is that all hospitals have been moving in this direction in the past five years in diff...

The Secretary of State was unclear before. May I say that, as far as I am concerned, those of us ...

Of course. The hon. Gentleman has liaised very closely with the Morecambe Bay families over the p...

The trust or place that has probably learned the most from Mid Staffordshire is Mid Staffordshire...

I thank my hon. Friend for the amazing work he has done in supporting County Hospital through the...

I declare my interest as a former NHS manager, latterly for a clinical commissioning group. I ver...

I am really grateful to the hon. Lady for making that point. NHS managers have one of the most di...

A characteristic of the health system in our country is that we have something like 20% to 25% fe...

We do need more doctors and more nurses. We saw an increase of about 8,000 nurses and 10,000 doct...

My question is about whistleblowers. I want to know whether the Secretary of State is really sati...

I recognise that the hon. Lady has legitimate concerns about the way that the whistleblower, who ...

In Torbay, there are a number of concerns about access to primary care, due to issues of recruitm...

We have some fantastic primary care in Torbay. I remember visiting my hon. Friend during the elec...

The idea of seven-day working sounds absolutely fantastic for supplying services, but in west Cum...

I would be very happy to meet the hon. Lady and clinicians. I am aware of the problems in that he...

I was shocked to hear the right hon. Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham) running down the NHS yet aga...

I absolutely agree. I commend the Royal Derby, which is an excellent hospital, and thank my hon. ...

I welcome the partnership on patient safety that is being announced today between Queen’s hospita...

I know that the hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) secured a Westminster Hall debate on th...

I welcome today’s statement about transformation of our NHS. Will the Secretary of State join me ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his passionate support for that trust through a very difficult period....

Many current failures in care are caused by poor integration of services, not the failure of a sp...

The integration of the health and social care systems, as talked about by the right hon. Member f...

I thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House and also, I think, for making two written ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his support for that Bill. I hope that plans that NHS England will ann...

Everyone supports seven-day-a-week, 24-hour NHS care—who would not? But the bottom line is that t...

I do not blame doctors; I do not blame the unions. I blame Ministers from the hon. Lady’s Governm...

I welcome the changes that my right hon. Friend has announced today in turning the NHS into a lea...

That is a very interesting idea, and I am happy to take it away. I am a strong believer in learni...

The Secretary of State might be in aware that in Huddersfield we are having great difficulty in a...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. As part of what I said in my statement, we are looki...

I thank my right hon. Friend very much for his extraordinarily embracing response to the Public A...

Too long—I hope the answer will be somewhat briefer.

It will, Mr Speaker.

My hon. Friend’s idea is really interesting, and I am happy to take it...

I support the comments of my neighbours, the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Brady) ...

I thank the hon. Lady for the responsible approach that she took to the changes at Trafford gener...

I welcome a huge amount of the statement, particularly about the balance between transparency and...

My hon. Friend speaks with great knowledge about health matters, because of her previous job. [Ho...

When does the Secretary of State intend to implement the recommendation of the Royal College of P...

That is an important recommendation, and the Government support it. We intend to implement it, bu...

Local people in Corby and east Northamptonshire want to see a truly seven-day NHS. One way of ach...

It sounds a promising project, and I will keep myself closely informed of its progress. We need t...

I must first declare an interest as a state-registered health clinician who worked in acute medic...

A lot of the efficiency will come from seven-day working, and I do not agree with the hon. Lady t...

Many of my constituents complain about the lack of availability of GP appointments at weekends an...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to draw attention to the fact that our manifesto commitment wa...

I welcome the NHS Pay Review Body’s report on seven-day services. There is a compelling case for ...

I am very happy to do that. We can learn a lot from each other across the UK about how things are...