Hospitals

Part of Orders of the Day — Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 6:26 pm on 16 June 1986.

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Photo of Mr Anthony Favell Mr Anthony Favell , Stockport 6:26, 16 June 1986

The National Health Service involves three main interest groups. First, the Government—by courtesy of the taxpayer—provide the wherewithal. The second is the 1,250,000 people who are employed by the Health Service. Thirdly, and most important, there are the patients. We hear constantly from the Opposition about the crisis in the National Health Service, but for which of the three groups is there a crisis'? We have heard from my right hon. Friend the Minister for Health that the vast majority of people — about nine tenths—are satisfied with the Health Service.