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Out-of-Hours GP Services

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

505 c759-70 

Session

2009-10

Department

Department of Health

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Mike O'Brien | 505 c759-61 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about out-of-hours primary care foll...

Norman Lamb | 505 c764 (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the Minister for early sight of the statement, and I join in the expressions of sympat...

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Mike O'Brien | 505 c765-6 (Link to this contribution) Certainly I want to ensure that we learn all the lessons from this, but may I deal with the legal is...

Mark Simmonds | 505 c761-2 (Link to this contribution) May I join the Minister in extending my sincere condolences to Mr. Gray's family? I thank the Minis...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c762-4 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman that we must ensure that we do all we possibly can so that...

Speaker | 505 c766 (Link to this contribution) Order. The exchanges between the Front Benches have been wide-ranging and doubtless illuminating, bu...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c766 (Link to this contribution) I certainly hope that we will be able to engage our local GPs, through the various mechanisms that I...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c766 (Link to this contribution) That is a good point to reflect on, but whether it is always possible to deliver in practice is anot...

Lord Cormack | 505 c766 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister reflect on the very wise words of the first family doctor I had when I was elected...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c767 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. We need to ensure effective co-ordination between the ambulance se...

Charlotte Atkins | 505 c766-7 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. and learned Friend tell me how he expects PCTs to ensure that they are co-ordinati...

Baroness Browning | 505 c767 (Link to this contribution) In the guidelines and minimum standards recommendations, what is the ratio of doctor to population, ...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c767 (Link to this contribution) Adequate coverage is indeed essential. As far as I am aware, there is not a ratio as such. However, ...

David Drew | 505 c767 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept that the last thing that we need is another group of pr...

Peter Bone | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister let the GMC test the competency and language abilities of EU doctors before they a...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) The discussion on the out-of-hours service needs to be with the local primary care trust, but the ho...

Richard Taylor | 505 c767 (Link to this contribution) As I understand it, the basic fault with Dr. Ubani was that he did not even know the dose of diamorp...

Chloe Smith | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) I regret to report to the House that my constituent Mrs. Marjorie Alderson had a difficult experienc...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) Funding for out-of-hours contracts has risen significantly in recent years. The spend by PCTs has ri...

Dan Rogerson | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) Does not the Minister agree that, in the issuing of some contracts during the previous round, PCTs s...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) It is not about EU law; it is about testing and ensuring that the tests are done by the people who a...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c768 (Link to this contribution) May I extend my condolences to the family of Marjorie Alderson? As for attracting doctors, the hon. ...

Bernard Jenkin | 505 c768-9 (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister done any analysis of the disparities in costs between different out-of-hours contra...

John Pugh | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) Why is the Minister so opposed to specifying a minimum ratio of medical personnel to population? Sur...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) This is dependent on a number of factors, including the size of the area, the amount of time it take...

Bob Spink | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister satisfied that the greater use of our generally excellent ambulance service in some ...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that it is. There is a lot of increase in demand on the ambulance service, and we are...

David Heath | 505 c769 (Link to this contribution) To bring the Minister back to rural areas, is not another factor the availability and accessibility ...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c769 (Link to this contribution) The Ministry of Defence wants to ensure that particular facilities are available to it. Therefore, s...

Andrew Pelling | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) The campaigning social issues journalist Aline Nassif revealed in the Croydon Advertiser last Friday...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) Decisions on clinical safety should be made by people who are clinically qualified, rather than by m...

Baroness Smith of Malvern | 505 c766 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's emphasis on national minimum standards to ensure high-q...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c767 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that there is a difference between the Conservative party and us. As I under...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c769 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised a number of issues. As for provision in his local area, the issue that...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 505 c769 (Link to this contribution) I should declare an interest: my brother works for the out-of-hours service in North Yorkshire, alth...

Mike O'Brien | 505 c770 (Link to this contribution) We need to ensure that doctors are properly qualified. It is a requirement that PCTs should not allo...

Notes

Further information provided on 26 February 2010 at 506 c87WS.

Subjects

Databases Coroners Health authorities General practitioners English language NHS Patients Primary care trusts Migrant workers Standards Working hours Locums Care Quality Commission

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