Results 1-5 of 5 for foundation hospital speaker:Stephen Hesford
- Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: NHS (60th Anniversary) (24 Jun 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: The hon. Gentleman mentions Clatterbridge, which is one of my local hospitals. I shall come back to it because I want to talk in detail about some of the work it does, so I am grateful that he mentioned it. I have mentioned salesmanship and smoke and mirrors, as well as the roadblock to reform. The right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) has made empty promises on hospital closures, but...
- Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: NHS (60th Anniversary) (24 Jun 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: He does not. I have mentioned my local district general hospital in passing. Two things happened to it. Under the old system, it was a three-star hospital. It became a foundation hospital and is going from strength to strength, I am delighted to say. I do not recognise the stifling of innovation at a local level that has been mentioned. The institution that I have mentioned used to be the...
- Courts Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2003)
Mr Stephen Hesford: ...My right hon. Friend the Chancellor spoke earlier of the economic reform agenda, and previously we discussed the reform agenda for the health service, which Opposition Members opposed in respect of foundation hospitals. Today's debate has shown that Opposition Members do not understand why the Government have taken on reform of the courts service, which is not the usual agenda, it is often...
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (7 May 2003)
Mr Stephen Hesford: ...there is so much partnership, which works well. Some Members have talked about patient pathways, not altogether in glowing terms. To illustrate my support for the Government, I shall talk about the hospital journey that my local hospital trust has made since the early 1990s, to show where we have come from and where we are going. The Wirral hospital trust was a second-wave trust in...
- Opposition Day: National Health Service (26 Oct 1999)
Mr Stephen Hesford: ..., but what else could be done? The method that dare not speak its name was revealed by the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Duncan) when he made a speech in March 1999 to the Social Market Foundation as a shadow Health Minister. He gave the game away about using tax relief to encourage people to take out private health insurance, although the Opposition seem since to have suffered...