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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2019
The National Health Service

"Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. As the Chair of the Liaison Committee, the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), has said, this is now the third time, and the purpose of the Liaison Committee is to take more detailed evidence and scrutinise the Prime Minister in …..."
Yvette Cooper - View Speech

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Written Question
GP Surgeries: Capital Investment
Tuesday 1st October 2019

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding for capital investment is being made available for GP surgery expansion and refurbishment by (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) region.

Answered by Jo Churchill

The information requested on capital investment made available for general practitioner surgery expansion and refurbishment is not held centrally in the format required and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield has struggled to retain midwives. As a result, the trust has proposed to cut and close the popular midwife-led maternity unit in Pontefract. Local mums are up in arms, as it is completely unfair. We keep seeing this pattern. When the NHS is under pressure from …..."
Yvette Cooper - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Interim NHS People Plan

"In our area, GP practices have had serious problems recruiting, and one constituent has contacted me about surgeries being cancelled and having been told that the next routine appointment, for what is actually a serious condition, will be in August. My constituents cannot wait that long for GP appointments. Frankly, …..."
Yvette Cooper - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Apr 2019
Social Media and Health

"I welcome the work that the Secretary of State is doing. However, following the question of the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton), a fellow member of the Home Affairs Committee, surely it is time to do much more on these algorithms, which push people into more …..."
Yvette Cooper - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is proposing to close our midwife-led maternity unit, telling me that, while it is safe, unless it has 500 births a year, it is not value for money. Is that a new national standard for midwife maternity units, because if so it would close 90% …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Oct 2018
Clinical Waste Incineration

"Can the Minister confirm that the staff are being offered TUPE transfers? I have heard from constituents who have been told that they are not, and clearly it is completely unfair for staff to be stuck in limbo like this. Can he say whether he has considered breaking up the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Oct 2018
Dangerous Waste and Body Parts Disposal: NHS

"We still do not have the basic facts about what medical waste is being held at the Normanton site, how far over the environmental limits it currently is, and what the timetable is for compliance. Perhaps the Minister would share that information with us. Does he not accept that it …..."
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Written Question
Hospitals: Closures
Monday 4th June 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) names, (b) postcodes and (c) year of closure of the hospitals that closed between 2010 and 2018.

Answered by Steve Barclay

The information is not held centrally.