"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that cutting that spending is a false economy? If quality care is not provided at the right time—in particular in the home environment—more expensive care will often need to be provided later in hospitals and other care support centres...." David Ward - View Speech
"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that, in many cases, the private sector businesses are effectively offering wages that are below the national minimum wage, as a result of the commissioning process? In some cases, they are being given only enough money to offer no more than £12.50 or £13 an …..." David Ward - View Speech
"I was not going to intervene on the hon. Gentleman, but I sympathise with him, because Labour activists in my area have been campaigning against the closure of a treatment centre when all that happened, in fact, was that the contract came to an end. Hard work is now going …..." David Ward - View Speech
"Very few Members are present at the debate. What we are discussing is an enormous problem. Why do so many people not know about it? It is such a serious problem, yet that is not reflected in the number of Members here today. Why do people not know about it?..." David Ward - View Speech
"I will try to hit my five-minute target by excluding a lot of other comments, including on the eligibility criteria, which I have spoken about at length on other occasions.
The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall) effectively made the case about the false economy, whereby …..." David Ward - View Speech
"Bearing in mind what the hon. Gentleman has said about low diagnosis rates, does he agree that the national strategy should include promoting greater awareness for many of those close to dementia sufferers who do not identify with the condition? They think people are just losing their hearing or becoming …..." David Ward - View Speech
"Obviously there is an opportunity to do something once a person has been identified as needing a diagnosis, but in my experience the problem is that other things are usually taking place in people’s lives, and GPs often assume that they are just part of the ageing process. There is …..." David Ward - View Speech