There is a pattern of incompetence, but also a pattern of a lack of accountability. That does not extend just to the NHS. One positive message that we can take from the situation to ensure that such an event is never repeated is to re-inject more accountability to local people...

There is a pattern of incompetence, but also a pattern of a lack of accountability. That does not extend just to the NHS. One positive message that we can take from the situation to ensure that such an event is never repeated is to re-inject more accountability to local people...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone). His powerful speech went to the heart of an important problem, and I hope that the Minister will take it further into account. I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone and The Weald...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone). His powerful speech went to the heart of an important problem, and I hope that the Minister will take it further into account. I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone and The Weald...

The Secretary of State may not have been adequately briefed on the developments in the trust's personnel. I understand that the medical director continues to be in place, and that at least some of the non-executive directors have agreed to go at the end of their term of office, but...

The Secretary of State may not have been adequately briefed on the developments in the trust's personnel. I understand that the medical director continues to be in place, and that at least some of the non-executive directors have agreed to go at the end of their term of office, but...

Is the Secretary of State aware that the Royal College of Nursing has published 10 minimum standards for infection control, one of which is the adequate provision of changing facilities for staff in every hospital? Does he endorse that minimum standard and, if so, what is he doing to ensure...

Is the Secretary of State aware that the Royal College of Nursing has published 10 minimum standards for infection control, one of which is the adequate provision of changing facilities for staff in every hospital? Does he endorse that minimum standard and, if so, what is he doing to ensure...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the new chief executive appointed to turn the trust has a part-time appointment, and is responsible, too, for the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust? Is that the level of commitment that he would expect to turn around the problems in...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the new chief executive appointed to turn the trust has a part-time appointment, and is responsible, too, for the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust? Is that the level of commitment that he would expect to turn around the problems in...

It is now nearly two weeks since the report was published, but still people are employed by the trust who were directly criticised in it, including non-executives, with the exception of the chairman, who approved, we are told, the pay-off to the former chief executive. That seems to be an...

It is now nearly two weeks since the report was published, but still people are employed by the trust who were directly criticised in it, including non-executives, with the exception of the chairman, who approved, we are told, the pay-off to the former chief executive. That seems to be an...

My right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, as ever. Will he confirm our understanding that the new hospital is absolutely imperative, if we are to have a long-term solution to these problems? Does he welcome the Secretary of State's assurance that no expenditure on infection control will stand...

My right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, as ever. Will he confirm our understanding that the new hospital is absolutely imperative, if we are to have a long-term solution to these problems? Does he welcome the Secretary of State's assurance that no expenditure on infection control will stand...

The report makes clear that the physical condition of Kent and Sussex hospital has contributed to the problem of infection control. Ministers have announced that a new 100 per cent. single-bedded hospital is to open in Pembury, with financial close expected to take place in March next year. Will the...

The report makes clear that the physical condition of Kent and Sussex hospital has contributed to the problem of infection control. Ministers have announced that a new 100 per cent. single-bedded hospital is to open in Pembury, with financial close expected to take place in March next year. Will the...

Whatever the Secretary of State’s intentions, my constituents will be worried by yet another review into the NHS, just as they will be worried by the absence from his statement of any reference to the story in the Financial Times that the previous Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his last...

Whatever the Secretary of State’s intentions, my constituents will be worried by yet another review into the NHS, just as they will be worried by the absence from his statement of any reference to the story in the Financial Times that the previous Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his last...