Results 1-10 of 10 for foundation hospital speaker:David Lammy

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Skills for Life (26 Jun 2008)

David Lammy: ...high-level skills, we simply cannot afford to have any people of working age in that position. We must ensure that people who scrape by without basic skills—whether they are sales assistants, hospital porters, care workers or car mechanics—have the opportunities and encouragement to improve their prospects and realise their ambitions. Without question, we are in the midst of a...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (5 Jun 2003)

Mr David Lammy: Much of this will have been discussed under part 1. The matter pertains to the failings of a foundation trust and the relationship that the regulator has in that regard. CHAI reports to the regulator in relation to the failings of NHS trusts. If a foundation trust is failing, the independent regulator's proximity will, in a sense, be no different from the current role of the Secretary of...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (5 Jun 2003)

Mr David Lammy: ...and information, which includes the overview and scrutiny committees and the views of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, commissioners and patients, as well as the NHS foundation trusts. The independent regulator will be able to draw on that breadth of opinion, as the Secretary of State does, in respect of NHS foundation hospitals. We have had a lengthy debate on...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (5 Jun 2003)

Mr David Lammy: We have a different philosophical position. The Government and the Labour party take the view that foundation trusts are well within the NHS family. I know that many hon. Members referred to a two-tier NHS during a debate on foundation trusts. I am not sure which hon. Member first raised the issue, although it may have been the former Secretary of State for Transport, my right hon. Friend the...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (5 Jun 2003)

Mr David Lammy: I am happy to clarify that. The independent hospital now has a relationship with CHAI for the purposes of inspection and registration. I am also trying to explain that CHAI will be inspecting foundation trusts. However, another important proximate relationship to foundations trusts, as pertains to their authorisation and finances, is with the independent regulator; it has been discussed at...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (5 Jun 2003)

Mr David Lammy: As I said, independent hospitals are not NHS foundation trusts. The hon. Gentleman is confused.

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care: Clause 36 - The Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (4 Jun 2003)

Mr David Lammy: ...that the inspectorate of the NHS should be aware of those issues. Similarly, were the old CHI to be examining standards across the NHS it would be right for it to be aware of Government policy on foundation hospitals. The power concerns the key relationship between the inspectorate, the NHS and the Department of Health. That is not a direction-making power, as such a power in the Bill...

Written Answers — Health: Liver Disease (22 May 2003)

Mr David Lammy: Research on the transplantation of hepatocytes into those suffering from liver disease has been undertaken by Dr. Anil Dhawan of the Supra Regional Paediatric Service at King's College Hospital National Health Service Trust. The primary aim of the project is to develop the use of isolated hepatocytes for clinical cell transplantation in paediatric patients with liver-associated metabolic...

Maternity Services (Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals) (7 May 2003)

Mr David Lammy: ...on to, but I know that the hon. Gentleman wants me to deal with them now. I cannot deal with them other than in a political way. In another Chamber in this House, a debate is taking place about foundation hospitals. It centres on the Government's thrust to localise services. The hon. Gentleman will know that there are members of his party who believe that that is the right direction in...

Elderly Care (Devon) (2 Jul 2002)

Mr David Lammy: ...home places, but it is noticeable that that is not the only way in which those on the front line have chosen to spend it. Some councils are increasing intermediate care to enable more people to leave hospital and regain their independence in their own homes. Many have increased the provision of intensive home care support, so that more people can be supported in their own homes and do not...