"As a Member of Parliament for an area covered by the trust, I assure the Secretary of State that many thousands of workers in the NHS in my area do a really good job in very difficult geographical circumstances.
"Following on from the question of the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness (John Woodcock) about Morecambe Bay trust, has the Secretary of State had a chance to look at yesterday’s “Better Care Together” future plans report by the trust, which finally puts to bed the wild allegations locally of …..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this Adjournment debate and to my friend the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin), the deputy chair of the all-party group, for his constant work. He introduced the Westminster Hall debate and it seems that we merry three—the Minister, the hon. …..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"11. Whether it remains the policy of the cancer drugs fund to provide drugs which NICE has rejected for general use in the NHS...." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"Will my hon. Friend look again at the CDF’s proposal to delist 42 cancer drugs, including Abraxane, which was put on the list only nine months ago and is the first new drug in nearly 40 years to produce an extension of life for pancreatic cancer patients? ..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"T6. Will the Secretary of State look again at the funding formula for hospital trusts so that some adjustment can be included to recognise the issues in trusts such as University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust which cover large and difficult geographical areas?..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"Thank you, Mr Chope. It is good to serve under you, and we did hear the applause.
I congratulate my colleague the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin) on such a brilliant start to the debate and I thank him for the support that he has given the all-party group …..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for underlining that critical point about survival rates and their impact on the ability of researchers to get that much-needed research.
The consensus we found was that more work is needed and that one of the reasons why survival rates for other cancers are increasing …..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"The hon. Lady makes an extremely important point, which the all-party group was trying to weigh up. The hon. Member for Scunthorpe made an important point about CT scans and made the important suggestion that there should be pilots. Also, interestingly, he mentioned that the going backwards and forwards between …..." Eric Ollerenshaw - View Speech
"I am grateful for that intervention, particularly as I will go on to mention the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act—as usual, my hon. Friend has got in before me. He is on exactly the right lines in terms of what we are all thinking.