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Penning, Mike (1)
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May I draw the Secretary of State back to the original question and ask him about his discussions with Unison in relation to the cuts around the country? Recently, the Secretary of State was quoted in the Health Service Journal as saying:"““We have listened a bit too much to the British Medical Association and not enough to unions like Unison.””"
Interestingly enough, I agree with him. Perhaps he would like to listen to Karen Jennings, who is Unison’s head of health, and who said:"““These 600 compulsory redundancies will resonate across the NHS and strike fear into the hearts of local communities.””"
The cuts are based on deficits, not clinical care. Will the Secretary of State step in and stop those cuts, which are affecting care in our hospitals?
May I draw the Secretary of State back to the original question and ask him about his discussions with Unison in relation to the cuts around the country? Recently, the Secretary of State was quoted in the Health Service Journal as saying:"““We have listened a bit too much to the British Medical Association and not enough to unions like Unison.””"
Interestingly enough, I agree with him. Perhaps he would like to listen to Karen Jennings, who is Unison’s head of health, and who said:"““These 600 compulsory redundancies will resonate across the NHS and strike fear into the hearts of local communities.””"
The cuts are based on deficits, not clinical care. Will the Secretary of State step in and stop those cuts, which are affecting care in our hospitals?
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Mike Penning
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Answered on
24 July 2007
First, may I welcome the hon. Gentleman, who is making his first outing at the Dispatch Box? I disagree profoundly with him and with other Opposition Members on this issue. As I understand it, they are asking for a moratorium on any change. [Interruption.] Yes, I read the seven steps. Step one was to have a moratorium on reconfigurations. Indeed—[Interruption.]
Indeed, the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron), who I believe represents David Cameron’s Conservatives—I am not sure whether that is the same party as the one to which the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) belongs—called at Prime Minister’s questions, on the back of the London review, for absolutely no further changes. Of course Opposition Members like to put out scare stories—that is part of their politics at the moment. However, the policy issue is that, with advances in medical science and new technology, and with changes in demography, we have to change our health service when it comes to issues such as stroke care, which we debated a couple of weeks ago, in order to save more lives. It would be perverse if we were to put a moratorium on saving lives.
Subjects
Finance; NHS; Redundancy; Trade unions; Reorganisation; Reviews
Date
24 July 2007
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463 c674
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