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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Jimmy Savile (NHS Investigations)

"The reports make it clear that Ministers’ appointment and use of Savile was improper and often contrary to advice from clinicians and officials. Former Minister Edwina Currie is quoted as telling the investigation last year:

“He knew how to pin people to the wall and get from them what he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"What alternatives do clinical commissioning groups have to a full-scale commercial procurement when their existing contracts for community health services approach the time when they have run their course?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2015
GP Services

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2015
GP Services

"I do not find fault with the patients, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that a significant difference between the funding patterns for primary and secondary care is that in secondary care the more treatment provided and the more patients seen, the more funding provided by commissioners to the provider, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2015
GP Services

"I agree with the Minister that there is no substitute for persuading more medical graduates to train as GPs, but will he look at what can be done to attract women who were GPs back into general practice after they have started a family if that was the reason why …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. The three GP surgeries in Chippenham were turned down by the Prime Minister’s challenge fund, despite developing imaginative plans to bring together all the town’s acute GP care at a new urgent care centre at Chippenham community hospital. They received no feedback, even from NHS England. Will the Secretary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Students do register with a practice in their university cities, but I was told recently by one of my constituents that she had experienced difficulty in gaining access to timely health care as a temporary resident when she was back at home. What options are available to ensure that students …..."
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Written Question
Ebola
Wednesday 15th October 2014

Asked by: Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to enhance preparedness to isolate and contain instances of Ebola in England.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Secretary of State laid out the steps the Government are taking to enhance preparedness to isolate and contain instances of Ebola during his statement of 13 October, Official Report, columns 38-46.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Is it ever acceptable, as reported to me in my constituency surgery last week, for a GP to tell their patient, “There is nothing I can do, so I don’t want to hear any more about your mental health”?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"When will the public health Minister publish the regulations for the plain packaging of tobacco products, on which she proposes to consult?..."
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