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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2015
Human Fertilisation and Embryology

"Mitochondrial disease shortens lives, causes serious disability and leaves heartache in its wake. Now, thanks to the world-class research led from the university of Newcastle, we have the potential of innovation in IVF that could make a real difference for thousands of families in this country.

We have not arrived …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2015
Human Fertilisation and Embryology

"No, I must not. We must make progress.

That assurance from the HFEA is important. It means that although today is an important milestone in addressing mitochondrial disease, it is not the end. I was struck by what the Church of England said in its response to the HFEA’s consultation. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Feb 2015
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

"I can recall many Labour Health Ministers telling us from the Dispatch Box that local decisions were made by primary care trusts and were not a matter for them. Will the Minister consider what he has told us about the CAMHS review? He has been frank about the fact that …..."
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Written Question
Heart Diseases
Monday 2nd February 2015

Asked by: Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat - Sutton and Cheam)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many discharge episodes there have been with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of coronary heart disease in (i) each clinical commissioning group or its predecessor organisation and (ii) England in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The attached tables show a count of finished discharge episodes with a primary diagnosis and secondary diagnosis of coronary heart disease by primary care trust of treatment for the years 2004/05 to 2012/13 and by clinical commissioning group of treatment for 2013/14.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2015
NHS Major Incidents

"Clearly, patient safety must be paramount. We must ensure that any guidance supports the ambition that exists on both sides of this House for a more integrated system that takes into account the capacity across the whole service. Does the Secretary of State agree that what we also need is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"On that point, does my hon. Friend agree that the better care fund, which is now being launched in April, is a key way in which we can deliver the joined-up care that he is talking about and that we need to have an ambition that by 2018 all CCG …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
Standardised Packaging (Tobacco Products)

"This is a very important debate. As the chair of the all-party group on smoking and health, may I say to the hon. Lady that what we need to hear from the Minister tonight is that the Government write-around has started and that the regulations will be laid, so that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"It was a pleasure to listen to the right hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Frank Dobson). I was particularly struck by the point he made about the important case for investing in our health and care system. I dare say that the note that he mentioned will in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"I may return to that point later, but first I want to talk about my own experiences of my local national health service, and in particular about a visit that I paid to my local trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, at the beginning of the month. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"I think it important for the system to learn lessons from the areas where winter planning has worked well, and for us to ensure that those lessons are transferred and replicated around the country. The NHS is not always as good as it could be at ensuring that lessons are …..."
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