Results 1-16 of 16 for foundation hospital speaker:Tony Blair

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (7 Feb 2007)

Tony Blair: I define it as giving the best service to the user of that service. For example, I had a meeting with foundation hospitals just a short time ago, at which they showed how their business partners were able to help improve their procurement in their hospitals so that they saved money on procurement and put it into patient care. That seems to be the public service ethos in action. Public service...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (12 Jul 2006)

Tony Blair: ...say to the right hon. Gentleman that it is actually he who has changed his mind— [Interruption.] Does he want me to go through them? He opposed tuition fees and now supports them; he opposed foundation hospitals and now supports them; and the fact of the matter is that he will end up agreeing with this proposal as well, because it is right and necessary for the country's security.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (8 Feb 2006)

Tony Blair: ...cannot go back to academic selection. I thought that we both agreed on that. I hope that he will do that now, as well as reversing the following Conservative policies: the patient's passport; the foundation hospitals; the asylum quotas; section 28; the licensing laws—does he remember those?—and opposition to antisocial behaviour. I hope that in respect of all those, and more,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Jan 2006)

Tony Blair: ...the operation would have cost on the NHS." That was the right hon. Gentleman in June 2004. In June 2005, he said: "I think we were wrong to have a patient's passport that took people off . . . " On foundation hospitals, in May 2003, he said: "This week the Labour Government . . . brought forward their plans for Foundation Hospitals . . . the Conservative party voted against them—a...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (17 May 2005)

Tony Blair: ...for the estate of the NHS, 10 years ago, half of the buildings had been built before the NHS was created, and now such buildings represent only a quarter of the estate. There are more than 100 new hospital projects open or under way. Waiting lists are down to the lowest level for 17 years. I shall take two examples. In cardiac care, in 1997, more than 1,000 patients waited for a year to...

Written Ministerial Statements — Prime Minister: Downing Street Engagements (2 Feb 2005)

Mr Tony Blair: ...03/11/2004 Tea—Children's Champions Tue 02/11/2004 Charity—Theodoras Trust Mon 01/11/2004 Charity—Lord Mayor's Appeal Wed 20/10/2004 Charity—Oxford Children's Hospital Tue 19/10/2004 Charity—Actionaid Wed 13/10/2004 Tea—President of Iceland Tue 12/10/2004 Charity—Turning Point Tue 05/10/2004 Charity—Samaritans ...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Oct 2004)

Mr Tony Blair: I am afraid that I have not seen those reports, but I shall no doubt study them. However, the reason for establishing foundation hospitals is to give hospitals greater freedom to operate within the NHS, because they treat NHS patients. Many hospitals want foundation status because they recognise that in a modern NHS it is important to have a strong measure of devolution, and that is what such...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (5 Nov 2003)

Mr Tony Blair: We certainly will continue with both. I am delighted that there is so much additional activity at Warwick hospital. As my hon. Friend knows, the new state-of-the-art accident and emergency department that is under construction and scheduled for completion this autumn will be able to cater for more than 50,000 patients annually. Massive investment is now going into our health service. He is...

Prime Minister: Engagements (5 Mar 2003)

Mr Tony Blair: As the Secretary of State for Health has made very clear, provided that hospitals meet the criteria, we want as many foundation hospitals as possible. It is right that we have freedom for those hospitals so that they can provide a good service for national health service patients. However, it is not just reform and freedom that they need—[Interruption.]

Prime Minister: Engagements (5 Mar 2003)

Mr Tony Blair: As I said a moment or two ago, it is important that we get as many foundation hospitals as possible, based on the criteria that we have set out. However, just as I would say to the Conservatives that they are failing the country by failing to support extra investment, I would say to the hon. Gentleman that he and the Liberal Democrats are failing the country by failing to support the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Dec 2002)

Mr Tony Blair: Yes, I can confirm that. Foundation hospitals will be NHS hospitals and will service NHS patients. They will have greater freedom in the local community—they will be owned by the local community—to develop the services that NHS patients want. My hon. Friend is right; there is record investment in the national service, which is opposed by the Opposition, but it must be matched by...

Debate on the Address — [First Day] (20 Jun 2001)

Mr Tony Blair: ...is a Queen's Speech that bears out the mandate that we were given. It is a Queen's Speech for enterprise to build on stability; a Queen's Speech for public services; a Queen's Speech that puts schools and hospitals first. The public have signalled their priorities: the economy, health, education and crime. Today, we again signal ours: the economy, health, education and crime. I say to the...

Debate on the Address (6 Dec 2000)

Mr Tony Blair: ...and benefit payments. All the money that we put in goes to the front-line services that we need. Some 17,000 schools have new buildings and equipment and we have had the best-ever primary school results. Hospital deficits have been cut. The Tory two-tier system has been abandoned and, in its place, are primary care groups and primary care trusts, which are doing excellent work. There are...

Debate on the Address (17 Nov 1999)

Mr Tony Blair: ...independence for the Bank of England. Is Conservative policy to reverse Bank of England independence? We can see why there were so many jokes in the right hon. Gentleman's speech. On the stable foundation of economic stability we have to build a knowledge-based economy, which harnesses the potential of new technology. That is why the Queen's Speech proposes Bills on learning and...

Prayers: Omagh (2 Sep 1998)

Mr Tony Blair: ...11 were under the age of 18. The dead included three from the Republic, and two from Spain. Over 200 people were injured, many very seriously. More than 50 continue to receive medical treatment in hospitals around the country. The whole House will want to join me in expressing our disgust, outrage and total condemnation of those who were responsible. [HON. MEMBERS: "Hear, hear."] There...

Debate on the Address: First Day (14 May 1997)

Mr Tony Blair: ...Queen's Speech also contains a health Bill that will rescue the private finance initiative from the mire in which the last Government left it, and pave the way for the building of the promised new hospitals. After 18 years of neglect, we will take prevention seriously, as well as cure. I have created a new post of Minister for Public Health, whose job it is to mount a crusade against the...