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Written Answers — Health: Hospitals (West Sussex) (19 Dec 2005)

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost per patient treated at (a) foundation hospitals and (b) hospitals in West Sussex was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Value for Taxpayers' Money (19 Jan 2005)

Mr Francis Maude: ...genuine, unearned autonomy is granted. Occasionally, we see straws in the wind that hint that the Government are beginning to understand that principle. They pulled back to the centre control over hospitals, GP practices and schools—by getting rid of grant-maintained status—but they are now paying lip service to the idea of removing central controls. Practice commissioning...

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

Mr Francis Maude: I am sorry but I really do not have time. The Bill will probably not succeed on foundation hospitals because it is too beset by red tape and interference. It will not liberate people in hospitals that achieve foundation status to create the improvements of which I believe that they are capable and that the Secretary of State hopes for. A good idea will end up being damaged by being...

Orders of the Day — Education (Schools) Bill: Abolition of Assisted Places Scheme in England and Wales (5 Jun 1997)

Mr Francis Maude: I would love to help my hon. Friend; it is a question I have been asking. My constituency contains one of the great historic educational establishments in this country, Christ's Hospital. Like my old school of Abingdon, Christ's Hospital has always had the historic mission of providing outstanding education solely for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Most of the support for those...

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