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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jul 2017
Contaminated Blood

"I join in the tributes to the hon. Lady and the all-party group, of which I have been a member, because this is an example of how Parliament can work well. There is a family in Letchworth who said to me:

“As a family, we have suffered years of misery …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
Junior Doctors Contract

"I join my right hon. Friend in expressing sadness at the decision of the vote. He will remember that on previous occasions I have raised with him some family-friendly aspects of the lives of junior doctors. Does he agree that it is important to look at the training situation, where …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Junior Doctors Contract

"May I join the welcome for the agreement and the persistence and patience that eventually paid off? In previous statements, I have raised with the Secretary of State the problem involving married couples who are both doctors. There are difficulties with training when they are sent to different areas and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Apr 2016
Junior Doctors Contracts

"Many Members are as concerned as the Secretary of State is about the prospect of emergency care not being provided. Does he agree that junior doctors seem to have concerns about the rota and shift patterns, particularly where they are married to another doctor? Is he able to give any …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Cancer Drugs

"On Abraxane, does my hon. Friend agree that if a cancer is fast-acting and the gap between diagnosis and death can be as little as six months, getting an extra month or two means that a person can settle their affairs and get peace of mind? That is very important …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Cancer Drugs

"Abraxane fails the test of three months’ effectiveness, but it is useful in producing two. Why is it that the Scottish system allows Abraxane? Will the hon. Lady give us a bit more of an understanding of that? I would like to see the drug back on the list, and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Cancer Drugs

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Cancer Drugs

"Does my hon. Friend the Minister accept that it is worth while to look at the difference between a condition that goes from diagnosis to death over, say, 18 months, where an extra two months of life is proportionately quite small, and one of these very fast-acting cancers, such as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jan 2016
Cambridgeshire CCG and UnitingCare Partnership

"In Royston we have the Royston NHS and social care hub, which will include beds as well as other services. Does my hon. Friend agree that there is no reason at this stage for people to become anxious that the difficulty with the contract will lead to any change in …..."
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Written Question
Agency Social Workers
Friday 8th January 2016

Asked by: Oliver Heald (Conservative - North East Hertfordshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2015 to Question 16659, whether providers of locum social workers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission.

Answered by Ben Gummer

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England.


The CQC is responsible for developing and consulting on its methodology for assessing whether providers are meeting the fundamental standards, this includes making the decision on which providers are carrying out a regulated activity and therefore need to be registered with the CQC.


Only providers of a regulated activity are required to register with the CQC. The provision of staff to social care providers is not a regulated activity, therefore the providers of locum social workers are not required to register with the CQC.