Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Medical Cannabis under Prescription
"My right hon. Friend and I share a passion for this subject. Does he agree that the absurdity lying at the heart of it is that heroin is legally prescribed as morphine, which has been well understood for many years, but that a medical prejudice kicks in when using cannabis …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Medical Cannabis under Prescription
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), who spoke so movingly and with such great sincerity on this important subject. I congratulate her and my right hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning) on securing this debate, which is incredibly important …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Medical Cannabis under Prescription
"The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point, with which I wholly agree.
This is not just about speed; it is also about consistency. We can go to the local supermarket and buy ibuprofen, which people say is safe. We can buy as much as we like, yet we need a …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Medical Cannabis under Prescription
"I completely agree. The whole House knows that my hon. Friend is a true champion of his constituency and of the Union in which we live. It is important to have consistency so that anyone can go and practise, whether they are in England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland. He …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Medical Cannabis under Prescription
"My hon. Friend is being generous in taking interventions. She has set out the risks, but may I pay tribute to her and the Secretary of State, who have not simply looked at all the risks and roadblocks that medics put up, but have said how important it is to …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Apr 2019
Access to Medical Cannabis
"My constituent Teagan Appleby suffers horrendously with one of the worst cases of child epilepsy in the United Kingdom. It has been heartrending to go round to her house to see her suffering. To see how her mother, Emma, copes with the challenge is inspiring.
Legal heroin, morphine, has been …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 21st February 2019
Asked by:
Charlie Elphicke (Independent - Dover)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency ambulance calls to nursing homes in (a) Dover and (b) Deal there have been in the latest period for which information is available; what the average time taken was for ambulances to respond to those calls; and how many ambulances were involved in responding to those calls.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
Information is not available in the format requested. National and individual ambulance NHS trust level performance is available and is published monthly by NHS England. This can be found online at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/
Written Question
Friday 15th February 2019
Asked by:
Charlie Elphicke (Independent - Dover)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response time to emergency calls is from (a) Dover and (b) Deal.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
Information is not available in the format requested. National and individual ambulance National Health Service trust level performance is available and is published monthly by NHS England. This can be found online at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Jun 2017
Kent & Canterbury Hospital
"On behalf of all the MPs in east Kent, I absolutely support my hon. Friend in making a powerful case for a new, state-of-the-art acute hospital in east Kent. Does she agree that cottage hospitals such as Buckland hospital in Dover make a great deal of difference and that we …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Jun 2017
Kent & Canterbury Hospital
"I thank the Minister for making this important speech, but may I gently press him on the issue of a new hospital? Is there not a cost-benefit analysis between the efficiency savings to be had from a new, state-of-the-art hospital, which can operate much more efficiently and do much more …..."Charlie Elphicke - View Speech
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