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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 16 March 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Paul Burstow. The answering member was Phil Hope.


Dementia Strategy

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the national dementia strategy.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
507 c181-203WH 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department of Health
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Phil Hope | 507 c201-3WH (Link to this contribution) I will do my best to reply to the hon. Gentleman today in the time allotted to me. Regional baseline...
Paul Burstow | 507 c201WH (Link to this contribution) Could I ask the Minister to address the real concern, which is about the money getting to where it i...
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Phil Hope | 507 c200-1WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on securing the debate. We have de...
Stephen O'Brien | 507 c198-200WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to ask me about that. If there were time to do so, I would be more than ...
Stephen O'Brien | 507 c197-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on securing this important debate,...
Paul Burstow | 507 c198WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for mentioning that important point. Although it is incumbent on the Mini...
Paul Burstow | 507 c196WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that a stark contrast has emerged from the National Audit Office's work? T...
Greg Mulholland | 507 c196-7WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why there is concern that the strategies, which we all ...
Tony Baldry | 507 c188-90WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) is to be congratulated on initiating this importa...
Paul Burstow | 507 c187-8WH (Link to this contribution) There is a huge accountability deficit here. PCTs cannot be held to account, and sometimes getting a...
Stephen O'Brien | 507 c187WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is developing a very cogent argument. I dare say that he was as shocked as I was ...
Paul Burstow | 507 c185-7WH (Link to this contribution) I have been an MP for 13 years, and I am used to the fact that that is sometimes the outcome of West...
William Cash | 507 c185WH (Link to this contribution) The more I hear, the more impressed I am with the landscape being painted by the hon. Gentleman. Doe...
Paul Burstow | 507 c185WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes some powerful points. Evidence has been gathered over the years, by the Audit C...
Stephen O'Brien | 507 c191WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a very interesting point. I do not want to take him too far away from his prep...
Tony Baldry | 507 c191-2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I suggest to the House that concerns about caring for the elderly...
Stephen O'Brien | 507 c190WH (Link to this contribution) The other element is accountability, because whoever is in charge and takes a grip needs to be accou...
Tony Baldry | 507 c190-1WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. People would like to feel that they know who has a grip on the ma...
Paul Burstow | 507 c181-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for this opportunity to speak about the national dementia strategy—an issue to which t...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 507 c185WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Unlike him, I have had the tragedy ...
William Cash | 507 c183WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an important contribution; it is fascinating to hear him develop his ar...
Paul Burstow | 507 c183WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to identify the demographics, which present a problem not onl...
Bob Spink | 507 c183WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on highlighting this subject and on the compelling case that he is...
Paul Burstow | 507 c183-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which I am sure the Minister and others will have heard...
Tony Baldry | 507 c192-4WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree; otherwise, confidence in public policy and the machinery of government is very muc...
Greg Mulholland | 507 c195-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your leadership, Mr. Streeter, and to have the chance to speak in su...
Paul Burstow | 507 c192WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there should not be national announcements about sums of money al...
Subjects
Carers Costs Dementia Alzheimer's disease Health services Expenditure Medical treatments Patients Primary care trusts Standards Research
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