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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 May 2016
North East Ambulance Service

"I thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate, which is important to all of us. Does she agree that the issue is not only with the ambulance service? Last summer, in the middle of the night, I took a relative to the university hospital in Durham. In the morning, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jan 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. The Health Secretary just tried to tell us why we have 8,500 more nurses in the NHS. Let me tell him why it is. It is because we have record recruitment from abroad. Since the Chancellor announced the scrapping of bursaries for trainee nurses and midwives, there has been …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jul 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What progress the Government have made on achieving parity of esteem for physical and mental health services...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jul 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"In the previous Parliament the Education Select Committee said that child and adolescent mental health services were not fit for purpose, and it called them a “national scandal”. The situation is getting worse, with children and families left for up to five months without appointments. What is the Minister doing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Feb 2015
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

"In 2012, the Education Select Committee called CAMHS in this country a “national disgrace” and urged that the Department for Education and the Department of Health urgently get together to avoid the crisis we are seeing today. In the meantime, we have seen cuts in services, provision and funding, leading …..."
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Written Question
Social Services
Thursday 16th October 2014

Asked by: Pat Glass (Labour - North West Durham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private equity owned firms which are commissioned by local authorities to provide social care services; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Norman Lamb

The information requested is not collected centrally. Local authorities are free to commission social care services to suit local need. The Department does not specify which providers local authorities should commission services from.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 14 May 2014
Ambulance Resources and Response Times

"I commend my hon. Friend for securing this debate so quickly. I have raised the issue of the NEAS a number of times. I have met the Minister about it; I even recognise some of the civil servants who are here today, having met them before. However, I was talking …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 14 May 2014
Ambulance Resources and Response Times

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 14 May 2014
Ambulance Resources and Response Times

"It’s a service in crisis!..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. How many staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations since May 2010...."
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