Results 1-9 of 9 for foundation hospital speaker:Nicholas Winterton

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Foundation Trusts (Local People) (22 Jul 2008) has video

Nicholas Winterton: What importance do the Government place on the appointment of really local people on the board of NHS foundation trusts? By "really local", I mean people who live in the core area of that trust. Are not such people really likely to be able to reflect the view of the local people about the quality and extent of the service being provided at their hospital?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Cross-Border Health Issues (13 Jan 2004)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: Unlike that answer, I would like to be helpful to the Government. The Secretary of State will be aware that the Labour Government supported—and many Scottish Members voted for—foundation hospitals for England, but that the Scottish Executive took a different decision. Should we not be seeking the provision of the best possible health care for all people of the United Kingdom? If...

Sittings of the House (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: ...least on the erosion of jury trial, which I consider to be a constitutional issue? Will the hon. Gentleman accept that the Lords have a right to take a position on that to the bitter end, even if foundation hospitals are a political matter?

Written Answers — Health: Foundation Hospitals (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in the appointment of the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Hospitals. [R]

Written Answers — Health: Foundation Hospitals (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evaluation he proposes to make of the first wave of NHS foundation trusts prior to deciding whether (a) to support the creation of more such trusts and (b) to expand foundation trusts beyond the hospital sector. [R]

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

Mr Nicholas Winterton: Can I say to the Secretary of State that I fully support the concept of foundation hospitals because of the responsible freedoms that it gives to the management of the trusts that are applying for foundation status? The Macclesfield acute hospital, which is part of the East Cheshire NHS trust, is interested in foundation status. It is a three-star trust and hospital. Will he give that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Foundation Trusts (11 Feb 2003)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: I hope that the Macclesfield district general hospital, which has a three-star rating, will apply for foundation status. Is it the Government's view that that new status will give hospitals an opportunity to respond more quickly and positively to local needs? Is it not very important that the hospital trusts have a very close liaison with the primary care trusts? Otherwise, conflict could...

Foundation Hospitals (8 Jan 2003)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: ...in my constituency—the East Cheshire hospice—to be closed because it cannot fund the staff to man them, when there is a growing need for remedial and other care in hospices? Are the foundation hospitals going to be able to enter into contracts with hospices to enable them to run efficiently, and to provide the beds that are desperately needed?

Orders of the Day — Preventive Medicine (12 Jun 1978)

Mr Nicholas Winterton: ...and properly said" as it affects women and the younger age groups. Attention has been drawn by the Helping Hands organisation to the increasing number of admissions to psychiatric and general hospitals in England and Wales with the diagnosis of alcoholic psychosis and alcoholism. The Christian Economic and Social Research Foundation of New Zealand has indicated an increasing number of...