Urgent question on Monday, 23 May 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Wes Streeting. The answering member was Maria Caulfield.

North East Ambulance Service

Urgent question on the North East Ambulance Service.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 715 cc23-31
Session: 2022-23
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Wes Streeting | 715 c23 (Link to this contribution)
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a sta...; Maria Caulfield | 715 cc23-4 (Link to this contribution)
Can I start by saying how horrified I was to read the concerns raised about the North East Ambula...; Lindsay Hoyle | 715 c24 (Link to this contribution)
Can I just say that it is three minutes—and that means three minutes, not three minutes and 40 se...; Wes Streeting | 715 c24 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the courage of the whistleblowers, as well as The Sunday Times journalists David...; Maria Caulfield | 715 cc24-5 (Link to this contribution)
We take the patient safety element of this extremely seriously. To answer the hon. Gentleman’s qu...; Lindsay Hoyle | 715 c25 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee.; Jeremy Hunt | 715 c25 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister, who is a practising nurse, for her profound commitment to patient safety. W...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c25 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for making those points. Several safety measures were started when h...; Ian Lavery | 715 c25 (Link to this contribution)
The North East Ambulance Service has been dysfunctional for years—before covid, during covid, sin...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c26 (Link to this contribution)
As I said in my opening remarks, I am happy to meet the affected MPs. It is important that we hea...; Dehenna Davison | 715 c26 (Link to this contribution)
At a surgery earlier this month, Mr Mitchell, a retired paramedic, told me about how his wife suf...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c26 (Link to this contribution)
I have heard of the sad incident affecting Mr Mitchell. Incidents such as that are exactly what w...; Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay | 715 c26 (Link to this contribution)
I am not reassured by the Minister’s response. She talks about substantial measures, but substant...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c26 (Link to this contribution)
I am absolutely happy to meet anyone who wants to discuss concerns, but there are routes. We intr...; Richard Holden | 715 c26 (Link to this contribution)
My constituents have been horrified to see and read about what has been going on in their local a...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c27 (Link to this contribution)
I can reassure my hon. Friend that I have already had an initial meeting with the CQC and the tru...; Andy McDonald | 715 c27 (Link to this contribution)
This cover-up totally stinks. It will stink to the family of a gentleman who tragically died whil...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c27 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to hear more from the hon. Gentleman about his constituent’s case. I have concerns a...; Julian Lewis | 715 c27 (Link to this contribution)
When senior managers and administrators are found to be directly involved in gross negligence and...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c27 (Link to this contribution)
A statutory duty of candour is in place. As I said, if a mistake happens—mistakes can always happ...; Liz Twist | 715 c27 (Link to this contribution)
The reports in The Sunday Times yesterday on what has happened with the North East Ambulance Serv...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c28 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is quite right that the reports in the newspaper this weekend were absolutely shock...; Mark Francois | 715 c28 (Link to this contribution)
Some of us who have been here for a while can recall that we desperately tried to warn the last L...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c28 (Link to this contribution)
I hear my right hon. Friend’s concerns. I am happy to look at his concerns for his own particular...; Alex Cunningham | 715 c28 (Link to this contribution)
The Government have again failed the north-east. The failures of the North East Ambulance Service...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c28 (Link to this contribution)
In my role as patient safety Minister, I am happy to look at any patient safety concerns. The Min...; Robert Halfon | 715 c28 (Link to this contribution)
Further to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Franco...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c29 (Link to this contribution)
As I said to the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham), I am happy, as the Minister fo...; Grahame Morris | 715 c29 (Link to this contribution)
Notwithstanding the appalling and heartbreaking cases that were highlighted in The Sunday Times a...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c29 (Link to this contribution)
I am very sorry to hear that and I apologise to Mrs Brocklehurst. That is not an acceptable event...; Duncan Baker | 715 c29 (Link to this contribution)
I have tirelessly raised the issue of North Norfolk ambulance response times over and over again ...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c29 (Link to this contribution)
First responders do have an important role but they are not a substitute for paramedics. We have ...; Helen Morgan | 715 c29 (Link to this contribution)
I have been struck by the similarities between this case and the failings in maternity care at th...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c30 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady shares my concerns about what underpins all these issues. From Mid Staffs to the Oc...; Mohammad Yasin | 715 c30 (Link to this contribution)
A whistleblower working for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust said this month that ...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c30 (Link to this contribution)
I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that NHS England is doing work on workforce planning, which is ...; Graham Stringer | 715 c30 (Link to this contribution)
This is an appalling scandal and tragedy. Unfortunately, it follows a whole series of events that...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c30 (Link to this contribution)
As I have said to other hon. Members, mistakes are always going to happen; that is human nature. ...; Wes Streeting | 715 c30 (Link to this contribution)
It is not working.; Maria Caulfield | 715 c31 (Link to this contribution)
It is working. Neonatal deaths and stillbirths have reduced by 25%, so the systems are working. W...; Chris Bryant | 715 c31 (Link to this contribution)
It feels as if there is no sense of urgency. I introduced the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offe...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c31 (Link to this contribution)
I reassure the hon. Gentleman that the police have investigated and that they did not find eviden...; Daisy Cooper | 715 c31 (Link to this contribution)
As far back as December last year, I wrote to the Secretary of State urging him to commission a C...; Maria Caulfield | 715 c31 (Link to this contribution)
Let me reassure the hon. Lady. The CQC has been heavily involved in this case. I met representati...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Ambulance services Patients Standards Safety North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
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