Results 1-9 of 9 for foundation hospital speaker:Andrew Smith

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Specialist Orthopaedic Hospitals and Services (21 Mar 2007)

Andrew Smith: ...to have the opportunity to open this debate and to be able to do so with you in the Chair, Mr. Bayley. I begin by underlining that we are fortunate to have in this country outstanding orthopaedic hospitals and services, with expert and dedicated consultants, doctors, nurses and staff at all levels. They are rightly held in high regard by patients and the public at large. What is more,...

NHS and the Private Sector (7 Mar 2007)

Andrew Smith: ...orthopaedic centres. The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust in my constituency is affected by the issues that I shall outline, and so are the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust in Oswestry, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham and the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS...

Cancer Services (1 Mar 2006)

Andrew Smith: ...to debate the future of cancer services today, because this morning, in my constituency, the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the inauguration of the new Oxford cancer centre at the Churchill hospital site. It would be difficult to find a better pointer to the progress we are making in cancer care and treatment and to further improvement in the future. The new £109 million centre,...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (10 Apr 2003)

Mr Andrew Smith: ...by 7.2 per cent. a year in real terms right through to 2008. That will secure the national health service as a quality service, with 25,000 more doctors, 80,000 more nurses and more than 100 new hospitals, all free at the point of need. It is because we took tough decisions, stuck to the fiscal rules and built a strong economy that we can now go further. Yesterday, my right hon. Friend the...

Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)

Mr Andrew Smith: ...strategy for tackling antisocial behaviour and our proposals for public service reform. My hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Glenda Jackson) voiced apprehension about foundation hospitals but said that she was open to argument. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health will shortly publish a prospectus, which I think will address the concerns of the hon....

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill (9 Apr 2001)

Mr Andrew Smith: ...Chancellor makes a clear choice about Britain's future and sets out a platform on which to build opportunity and prosperity for all. Like the Budget, the Bill takes a balanced approach, with stability as its foundation. Our hard-won economic stability enables us to deal with decades of underinvestment in public services, skills and infrastructure, and it is the basis for the success of...

Orders of the Day — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (13 Mar 2001)

Mr Andrew Smith: ...that makes a clear choice about Britain's future. It sets out a platform on which to build opportunity and prosperity for all. It is a Budget that takes a balanced approach, and stability is the foundation. It proposes more investment in our public services, not less. It puts schools and hospitals first, and offers affordable tax cuts for hard-working families. It is a Budget that locks in...

Orders of the Day — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (13 Mar 2001)

Mr Andrew Smith: ...cannot give way. That balanced approach, which puts stability first and makes targeted tax cuts that we can afford, is also one that allows us to invest for the long term in Britain's schools and hospitals. For decades, those services suffered from the wrong choices. We choose not to return to those days of short-termism; instead, we choose a path of sustainable growth, with investment in...

Public Expenditure (20 Jul 2000)

Mr Andrew Smith: ...inflation and high interest rates, and everything else that did so much damage to our country before. By contrast, we are moving Britain closer to our goal of opportunity and security for all. We are laying the foundations for the future—foundations for increased productivity, a faster, integrated transport network, a renewal of Britain's neglected science and research base, and...