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Written Question
Patient Choice Schemes
Tuesday 21st October 2014

Asked by: Neil Carmichael (Conservative - Stroud)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote patient choice.

Answered by George Freeman

We are committed to patients having greater choice and control over their healthcare, as this can help drive up standards and improve patient care.

We believe that patient empowerment is vital to the National Health Service in the 21st century. This Government is committed to continuing to develop digital platforms to enable this to happen, such as My NHS and the NHS e-Referral Service.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Sep 2014
Community Hospitals

"It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen, and to speak in a debate instigated by my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Charlie Elphicke), because it is such an important subject, in particular in my constituency. It is also a great pleasure to be present …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Sep 2014
Community Hospitals

"I thank my hon. Friend for that helpful intervention. It is absolutely right that we need a holistic approach to the use of hospitals. Such an approach would be better informed and implemented if more information were available. That is the essence of my point, which will be helped precisely …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. In contrast to the previous Government’s lack of focus, what have this Government done about hospital infection control, with particular reference to data management systems?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of maternity services in Gloucestershire...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that encouraging answer. We now have 1,400 new midwives since 2010. Coupled with the very welcome recent investment in Stroud maternity unit, does he agree that this represents a real choice for expectant mothers and an excellent maternity service in general?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Sep 2013
Accident and Emergency Departments

"Does the Secretary of State agree that putting patients first is at the heart of this and that that means, in part, ensuring that they can navigate the system and go to places such as the excellent Vale community hospital in Dursley where appropriate?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jul 2013
Hospital Mortality Rates

"I welcome Sir Bruce’s report and the Secretary of State’s robust approach to it. Does my right hon. Friend agree that if we take away the right lessons from the statement and the questions on it, that will be the catalyst for a change of culture, enhancing transparency and accountability …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 May 2013
A and E Departments

"Does the Secretary of State agree that the new role that GPs will play in commissioning will greatly assist the production of better community services and more integration with social care, all of which has been championed so frequently by the King’s Fund?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2013
Accountability and Transparency in the NHS

"This debate has been thorough and, at times, moving. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol North West (Charlotte Leslie) on securing it. I was impressed by the moving speech of the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd) because it demonstrated the tragedy that lies behind …..."
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