Results 1-6 of 6 for foundation hospital speaker:Glenda Jackson
- Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)
Ms Glenda Jackson: I endorse the remarks made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson). Not only do I share his dubiety over the creation of foundation hospitals but we share constituency boundaries, we comprise the parliamentary seats within the London borough of Camden and we also share, in a sense, the health facilities that are provided in that part of north-west London,...
- Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)
Ms Glenda Jackson: ...pertinent and more directly heard by those who decide health provision, but we still have a long way to go to ensure that everyone has an equal voice. One of my concerns is that the creation of foundation hospitals, far from increasing transparency, openness and—that dread word in this context—choice, will have exactly the opposite effect. I am concerned about choice because...
- Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)
Ms Glenda Jackson: I regard the hon. Gentleman's intervention as somewhat flippant. We are talking about major fundamental changes in the provision of health services by the creation of a new tier of hospitals. The Secretary of State pointed out that a much more detailed presentation of what will constitute a foundation hospital will be published, but I have been at some pains to point out that not everyone is...
- Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)
Ms Glenda Jackson: The hon. Gentleman has already told the House that the Conservatives welcome the idea of foundation hospitals because of the freedom that it would afford them, but, with respect and given his previous contributions, the freedom to do precisely what? He has already argued that money is not achieving any improvements in the NHS, that there are insufficient nurses and doctors and that there is...
- Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)
Ms Glenda Jackson: ...health services. How will everyone's vote be equal? In my constituency, there are huge disparities of wealth and for many people English is not their first language. How can we be assured that foundation hospitals will genuinely reflect local issues? That is central if we are to make a success of them.
- Privatisation (11 May 1992)
Ms Glenda Jackson: ...those on some form of social benefit. This month, 5,000 of my constituents are unemployed. In the borough of which my constituency is part, 1,000 families have no home of their own. The Royal Free hospital, much loved by my constituents, which was, against their wishes, made into a trust, has announced waiting lists for in-patients running at 2,500. The Prime Minister has spoken of his...