Results 1-6 of 6 for foundation hospital speaker:Geoffrey Robinson

Special Schools and Special Educational Needs (22 Jun 2005)

Geoffrey Robinson: ...appeal to the director of education is the same as my plea to the Government. Officials and the Government have become obsessed with structural reorganisation as an end in itself. That applies to foundation hospitals and primary care trusts. Every time we reorganise something we think it will be better but we never leave things in place long enough to judge the results before we move on to...

Fire Services (West Midlands) (22 Feb 2005)

Mr Geoffrey Robinson: ..., which may be right or wrong. The problem, to which my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, South alluded, is that it is, for various reasons, difficult to have a pilot scheme in, for example, a hospital. It might even get in the way of hospital activities that do not involve acute emergency operations. I accept that a pilot scheme might make sense in some hospitals—I argued, for...

The Economy (4 Dec 2003)

Mr Geoffrey Robinson: ...was recession proof and would make up for the decreasing manufacturing sector, to realise the sorts of problems that we are facing. Over the next year we will be considering the introduction of foundation hospitals. In an earlier debate I made it clear to the House that I had my reservations about that. Many of us voted for the proposal because there was a promise from the Secretary of...

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts (8 Jul 2003)

Mr Geoffrey Robinson: ...in planning for a roll-out of a major reorganisation that has not been pilot-tested first. The proposals embody some good and bold aspirations. Is not the answer to try them first, involve the new foundation hospitals together with primary care trusts on a limited geographical scale, and let them iron out the difficulties without another massive disruptive reorganisation?

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

Mr Geoffrey Robinson: ...chief executives. When we hear about the stream of e-mails that they receive and the restrictions placed on them, we can all share their natural sense of frustration. The immediate reaction to the foundation proposals is that 50 hospitals will be taken outside that bureaucratic structure, so that will, we think, solve the problem. However, in effect, all it means is that 250 hospitals will...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Foundation Hospitals (29 Apr 2003)

Mr Geoffrey Robinson: Is my right hon. Friend aware that the greater autonomy, independence and accountability at the local level that lies at the heart of his proposals for foundation hospitals is widely accepted by Members on these Benches? Is he also aware that we welcome greater local accountability and the extra £40 billion that he has achieved from the Treasury? Does he agree that we shall need that...