Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 22 February 2005.
Tom Brake
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
11:30,
22 February 2005
On the latter point, the Secretary of State knows of the grave concerns about the previous contract for MRI scans, especially the problems of hidden costs, staff leaving the NHS, tests having to be repeated and wrong diagnosis. Why is he confident that the same problems will not occur under the new contract?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
