Results 1-4 of 4 for foundation hospital speaker:Yvette Cooper
- Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Cost of Living (24 Jun 2008) has video
Yvette Cooper: .... The Conservatives would not have cut borrowing; instead, they promised again and again to dig themselves a massive black hole for the public finances. So much for telling us to fix the roof; they promised to dig up the foundations. This Government did invest in fixing the roof. Not only did we mend the hospital roofs, the school roofs and the council house roofs that the Conservative...
- Written Ministerial Statements — Deputy Prime Minister: Sustainable Communities (15 Mar 2004)
Ms Yvette Cooper: ...the resources to put in place the additional capacity that planned population growth will require. The aim will be to ensure that additional health and social care capacity (both primary and community and hospital-based services) is ready to open as new populations move into the areas. NHS and social care organisations will need to play a key role in each of the delivery vehicles being set...
- Diabetes (13 Mar 2002)
Ms Yvette Cooper: .... My hon. Friend is right that it also has a significant impact on health and social services. It has been estimated that around 5 per cent. of total NHS resources and up to 10 per cent. of hospital in-patient resources can be used for the care of people with diabetes. Those with the condition are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital, and, once there, their stay is likely to be up to...
- Child Health and Maternity (7 Feb 2002)
Ms Yvette Cooper: ...time that such an assessment had been carried out for 20 years. It concluded: "For every child there must be an equal start in health and in life, because health at the beginning of life is the foundation for health throughout life." Fundamental inequalities impact on the health of young people. The blunt truth is that a boy born to a low-income family at the end of the 20th century can...