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Topical debate on Thursday, 7 February 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Ann Keen. The answering member was Lord Risby.

NHS Staffing

Topical debate on NHS staffing.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
471 c1152-74 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department of Health
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Peter Bone | 471 c1170-1 (Link to this contribution) There has been no collusion between me and Front-Bench Members. That is most unlikely to be allowed ...
Nicholas Winterton | 471 c1171 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow the eloquent and passionate speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingbo...
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Peter Bone | 471 c1170 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the intervention. I know that the Government are in favour of targets, but the fac...
Anne Milton | 471 c1170 (Link to this contribution) I am sure my hon. Friend agrees that treating heart disease is crucial but that the Government are f...
Ann Keen | 471 c1170 (Link to this contribution) The results on heart disease are impressive. We have achieved our targets on improvements for all co...
Speaker | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that the hon. Gentleman knows to keep to the motion under debate.
Chris Bryant | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) How many Conservatives MPs are there? Some of them are not full time either.
Peter Bone | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, but I did not catch what the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) said. Does he want t...
Peter Bone | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention; he describes the situation exactly. We experi...
Ann Keen | 471 c1174 (Link to this contribution) I have very little time left, so the hon. Lady might want to see me at some later time. Our stroke ...
Greg Knight | 471 c1172 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. The moment has almost passed, but I just wanted to s...
Ann Keen | 471 c1172-4 (Link to this contribution) I should like to thank hon. and right hon. colleagues for their contribution to this debate on NHS s...
Nicholas Winterton | 471 c1172 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is now the very distinguished Chairman of the Proced...
Anne Milton | 471 c1163 (Link to this contribution) I associate myself with the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Mr. Spring) abou...
David Evennett | 471 c1163-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech; we are listening with great interest. Is she aware tha...
Anne Milton | 471 c1164 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point—[Interruption.] The Minister is smiling, but she would be wi...
Ann Keen | 471 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Where is the evidence that the NHS does not make work force planning a priority? I chair a group und...
Anne Milton | 471 c1164 (Link to this contribution) I accept that the report from which I was quoting was produced by a Committee with a dominance of La...
Anne Milton | 471 c1164-5 (Link to this contribution) I shall not give way because I am short of time and the clock is not stopping. Some £1.8 billion ha...
Anne Milton | 471 c1165 (Link to this contribution) I would love to, but sadly time does not allow me. You have had 10 years of government, Madam Deput...
Speaker | 471 c1165 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind all hon. Members that that does not involve me personally. Perhaps the hon. Lady wou...
Anne Milton | 471 c1165 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Government have had 10 years to get a grip on the situation, ...
Speaker | 471 c1166 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Lady's time is up.
Peter Bone | 471 c1167-8 (Link to this contribution) Yes, they will. Having sat through the hours of debate on the EU, I was surprised to hear yesterday ...
Speaker | 471 c1168 (Link to this contribution) Order. I understand the hon. Gentleman's point, but the debate we are having this afternoon is on NH...
Speaker | 471 c1166 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hope that the hon. Gentleman's remarks will be relevant to NHS staffing.
Peter Bone | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Minister's intervention because she makes my point. The Government know how ma...
John Baron | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend touches on an important issue. All too often, the Government talk about head-count nu...
Peter Bone | 471 c1168 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I think that I have made my point on the lack of staff for ...
Ann Keen | 471 c1169 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he said that he would not mind if I asked him to do so. I...
Ann Keen | 471 c1158 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady mentions nurses; they are an important part of the work force. In fact, they are the l...
Lord Risby | 471 c1158 (Link to this contribution) I note that the Minister does not contradict the fact that I mentioned about the diminution in numbe...
Chris Bryant | 471 c1157 (Link to this contribution) I often hear the argument that there is too centralised a system in the health service, and many of ...
Lord Risby | 471 c1157 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of everybody present, and indeed on your behalf, Madam Deputy Speaker, and the behalf of e...
Ann Keen | 471 c1158 (Link to this contribution) The vacancy rate for nurses is 0.5 per cent., which is the lowest level for six years. The nursing w...
Lord Risby | 471 c1157-8 (Link to this contribution) Of course the hon. Gentleman is right to say that there are difficulties. Naturally, the problem of ...
Greg Mulholland | 471 c1156 (Link to this contribution) I will give way, but I am not sure whether I get any more time for doing so.
Greg Mulholland | 471 c1156-7 (Link to this contribution) I support the review of the current situation, but the Government have been in power for almost 11 y...
Ann Keen | 471 c1156 (Link to this contribution) Lord Ara Darzi's review does exactly what the hon. Gentleman wants: it involves clinicians and patie...
Lord Risby | 471 c1161-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has always made an enormous contribution in the House on health matters, in which he ...
Nicholas Winterton | 471 c1161 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a most interesting speech. I am most impressed by his statistics. Has he an...
Lord Risby | 471 c1160 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. Of course, good management is important but I do not think my hon. Friend will dis...
John Baron | 471 c1160 (Link to this contribution) We all accept that there is a role for good management in any organisation, including the NHS. Does ...
Peter Bone | 471 c1159 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he agree that one of the problems is not the number...
Lord Risby | 471 c1159 (Link to this contribution) I agree that the level of training for doctors is of high quality, but over the last few years, beca...
Ann Keen | 471 c1159 (Link to this contribution) It is important to get the facts right. Our training levels for doctors have never been higher. The ...
Lord Risby | 471 c1158-9 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. He is entirely correct; the UK birth rat...
Nicholas Winterton | 471 c1158 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister knows what I am about to ask my hon. Friend. There is a shortage of midw...
David TC Davies | 471 c1152 (Link to this contribution) Is it not the case that the NHS came about as a result of the Beveridge report in 1942 and was suppo...
Ann Keen | 471 c1152 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of NHS staffing." This July, we celebrate ...
Lord Bellingham | 471 c1153 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is explaining things very clearly. Is there a problem at the moment with the highly sk...
Ann Keen | 471 c1152 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman should check the facts. The Bill that set up the NHS was voted against on Second ...
Ann Keen | 471 c1153 (Link to this contribution) As has been stated—I think the announcement came out today—migrant doctors are always welcome to wor...
Peter Bone | 471 c1155 (Link to this contribution) I am listening to the hon. Gentleman with interest, and I agree with much of what he has said. Does ...
Greg Mulholland | 471 c1154-5 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome this opportunity to debate this broad topic, although I am not sure what we have le...
Ann Keen | 471 c1154 (Link to this contribution) I cannot answer the hon. Gentleman now. I shall try to get an answer for him during the debate and, ...
Peter Bone | 471 c1154 (Link to this contribution) Do the Government know how many whole-time equivalent dentists there are in the NHS?
Greg Mulholland | 471 c1156 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the kind of approach that is doing so much damage. It is about dictating, not listen...
Ann Keen | 471 c1156 (Link to this contribution) The so-called dispute with the BMA is about a 10-minute difference between what we want patients to ...
Greg Mulholland | 471 c1155-6 (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting question, but the overall approach to staffing in all sorts of areas simply d...
Ann Keen | 471 c1153 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's point is not relevant to the management of a service that is very complex. Heal...
John Baron | 471 c1153 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way; she is being very generous. On the issue of staffing, will she ...
Peter Bone | 471 c1169-70 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker. I made a great mistake by letting the hon. Gentleman intervene. I...
Peter Bone | 471 c1166 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Guildford (Anne Milton) on a powerful exposure of the s...
Lord Risby | 471 c1159-60 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely correct. In close memory, we saw junior doctors walking through the stree...
Nicholas Winterton | 471 c1171-2 (Link to this contribution) In just a moment. Will the Minister give a commitment that the money that the Government have promi...
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Health professions NHS Staff Temporary employment Training
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