Health and Education

Part of Debate on the Address – in the House of Commons at 1:49 pm on 11 December 2008.

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Photo of David Chaytor David Chaytor Labour, Bury North 1:49, 11 December 2008

Before we leave the topic of the reorganisation of maternity services and the development of much stronger community-based maternity services, is not the great irony for the Opposition that, if they had pursued their policy of listening to the medical profession without any interference from primary care trusts, acute trusts or the Department of Health, the changes would have been made many years ago, to the vast benefit of the overwhelming majority of women?