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Health and Education (24 May 2005)

John Denham: ...care, and there have been good public health gains such as falls in teenage pregnancy. However, the current challenges are huge. The combined deficit of the local health economy—the main hospital trust and the three primary care trusts—is £30 million, which puts the issues of the Blackwater valley into perspective. That figure will rise; it is only that low because of...

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (7 May 2003)

Mr John Denham: ...the NHS can deliver, despite the extra resources, those who want to bring down the NHS—people who are quite quiet in the public debate—will be back into the debate with a vengeance. Foundation trusts represent a radical step. It is one that I think is overdue. It follows from what we have already achieved as a Government, but recognises that what has worked since 1997 will not...

Schedule 5: Lupus (2 Apr 2001)

Mr John Denham: ...been nil. The work of the all-party group is important and supports that of the outside groups. I also want to mention the valuable work being carried out by the lupus research unit at St. Thomas's hospital. Lupus can occur at any age, and in either sex, although it is nine times more frequent among adult females than among adult males. The symptoms of the disease, though, are the same in...

Orders of the Day — Orchard Hill (24 Oct 2000)

Mr John Denham: ...care and support for them now and in the future. I shall start by covering some of the background to the services and to the situation at Orchard Hill. As the hon. Gentleman said, Orchard Hill hospital was developed next to the old Queen Mary's hospital for children. The service built up on the site when, in the early 1970s, children often could not be transferred to St. Ebba's hospital...