Results 1-9 of 9 for foundation hospital speaker:David Cameron
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (6 Feb 2008)
David Cameron: ...policies that the former Home Secretary says are incomplete. These are the policies that the Prime Minister's former Cabinet colleague says he is dithering about: local government, trust schools, foundation hospitals, housing, disability—[Hon. Members: "Reading!"] I have to read, because there is such a long list of things that the Prime Minister is dithering about. He talks about...
- Health and Education (24 May 2005)
David Cameron: ...real tangible actions follow those words, we will back them. But if we have a stream of initiatives that are not followed through, or gimmicks, we will oppose them. The same applies in health. If hospitals are given real freedom, and power is devolved to professionals, we will back the Government. If it is all talk, we will not. The hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody)...
- NHS (Thames Valley) (13 Jul 2004)
Mr David Cameron: ...concern to my constituents. I held a debate on the NHS in Oxfordshire more than two years ago in this Chamber, and rereading it today, the issues are depressingly familiar: the closure of cottage hospitals, problems at the John Radcliffe hospital, staff shortages and bed blocking. I am not going to make exactly the same speech again, but there will be similarities. It would take a heart of...
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2004)
Mr David Cameron: ...completed or under way, and some successes on outcomes. I grant that in some respects, notably for primary school results, but the overall picture, as we have heard from many Conservative Members, is pretty dire. In our hospitals, there are a million people still on waiting lists, with mean and median waiting times for in-patient treatment up over the last four years. In our schools,...
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts (19 Nov 2003)
Mr David Cameron: For clarification, will the right hon. Gentleman set out whether there was a specific pledge in the Labour manifesto about foundation hospitals?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Foundation Hospitals (16 Sep 2003)
Mr David Cameron: What recent representations he has received from NHS trusts about the Government's plan for foundation hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Foundation Hospitals (16 Sep 2003)
Mr David Cameron: I thank the Secretary of State for that answer. If foundation status is really about giving hospitals greater freedom, will he look again at the strict rule under which no hospital can increase its income from private patients? Is he aware that Nuffield Orthopaedic hospital in Oxford, where NHS patients will always come first, has used private income to subsidise the NHS and help to pay for...
- Economy and Public Services (12 Feb 2003)
Mr David Cameron: ...extra pay for nurses in areas that need to retain nurses, the money simply will not work. I speak from experience, because my son has been ill and I have spent two of the past 10 months in various hospitals in Oxfordshire and London. The John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford has a superb staff who do a fantastic job. Money is being invested in it. The accident and emergency department has been...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Hospital Treatment (Waiting Times) (11 Feb 2003)
Mr David Cameron: Is the Secretary of State aware that the reason for delayed admission to hospital in Oxfordshire is our dreadful shortage of nurses? Does he realise that we are short of approximately 400 nurses—a vacancy rate of 14 per cent.? When will he extend the freedoms that he plans for foundation hospitals to all hospitals so that we can pay the right rate for recruiting, motivating and...