Health and Education

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 11:19 am on 16 November 2006.

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Photo of Patricia Hewitt Patricia Hewitt Secretary of State, Department of Health 11:19, 16 November 2006

I am somewhat flabbergasted by the hon. Gentleman's point. I am certainly aware of the overspending that has been going on in the NHS in his area—overspending that needs to be brought under control by making the local NHS more efficient and effective, giving patients better care with more effective use of resources so that they do not take money from other NHS services in other parts of the country. I am not aware of the proposal made by the hon. Gentleman's local council, but it appears to be a constructive proposal aimed at helping to protect services in the short term. The hon. Gentleman seems to be against that; no doubt he has told his constituents so, but I am sure that this issue should be resolved locally.

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john franklyn
Posted on 18 Nov 2006 10:42 am (Report this annotation)

Mark Pritchard is all for getting things sorted for the long term.

It is loacl Health Chiefs that added greatly to this problem and they sit out of reach and out of the ranges of accountability.

When are these people, who said they had no idea about this debt and clearly hoped it would go away, be held accountable for their wrongs.

We, the residents our families and children are certainly going to be made to pat.