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Private notice question on Monday, 13 February 2012, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon. The answering member was Earl Howe.


NHS: Management Consultants


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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
735 c554-5 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2012-0415
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Deposited papers
House of Lords
NHS: Management Consultants
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Written questions
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 735 c554-5 (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty's Government what the role of management consultants is in developing health refo...
Earl Howe | 735 c554-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Health and Social Care Bill and all related programmes require input from a wide range...
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Earl Howe | 735 c556 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend is quite right. As I said earlier, the use of consultants—provided that that use is ...
Earl Howe | 735 c556-7 (Link to this contribution) Yes, we do, my Lords. Part of the benefit of the modernisation programme will be to streamline the a...
Earl Howe | 735 c555 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can. The reform of the NHS is a major project. Frankly, it would be irresponsible if the Gove...
Lord Hughes of Woodside | 735 c556 (Link to this contribution) Has McKinsey been given access to the risk assessment studies, which have been subject to some contr...
Earl Howe | 735 c557 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot help observing confused and contradictory messages coming from the Benches opposi...
Lord Laming | 735 c555 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Earl take from this important Question the significance of having in place ...
Baroness Jolly | 735 c555 (Link to this contribution) Can my noble friend tell the House how many reports were written for the Department of Health by McK...
Earl Howe | 735 c555 (Link to this contribution) I do not have the figure that my noble friend asks for. I do have a figure for the spend by the prev...
Lord Naseby | 735 c556 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the Question refers to consultants and not to any specific consultant, is it not a fact...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 735 c557 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is my noble friend aware of the age-old aphorism among management consultants, of whom I w...
Earl Howe | 735 c556 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is, I think, insinuating some impropriety on the part of McKinsey and, perhaps, on th...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 735 c556 (Link to this contribution) Have civil servants been sharing information during the course of meetings with McKinsey people whic...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 735 c555 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl for that Answer. Following recent press reports, I want to...
Earl Howe | 735 c557 (Link to this contribution) We have been on the look-out for that and I hope that we have not fallen victim to it.
Lord Winston | 735 c557 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Earl said that this Government have spent less on consultants than the previous ...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 735 c556-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, surely one of the problems of the National Health Service is the wall of money that was th...
Earl Howe | 735 c556 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware that it has or that it would need to have been.
Earl Howe | 735 c555 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I received notice of this Question just over an hour ago so I do not have precise figures ...
Subjects
Conflict of interests NHS Reorganisation Management consultants
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
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