To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the review by the NHS Commissioning Board into its approach to allocations, if he will publish the terms of reference of the review; who will be consulted as part of the review; and if he will publish the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the review by the NHS Commissioning Board into its approach to allocations, if he will publish the terms of reference of the review; who will be consulted as part of the review; and if he will publish the...

(2) with reference to the review by the NHS Commissioning Board into its approach to allocations, which allocations will be included in the review; and what the amounts being allocated are in each case.

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John Healey:

(2) with reference to the review by the NHS Commissioning Board into its approach to allocations, which allocations will be included in the review; and what the amounts being allocated are in each case.

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John Healey:

NHS staff and patients simply do not have the same rosy view of the NHS as the Secretary of State. When a Government-commissioned survey asked people last summer what they thought of the NHS, why had satisfaction with the NHS plummeted from 70% to 55% in just a year under...

NHS staff and patients simply do not have the same rosy view of the NHS as the Secretary of State. When a Government-commissioned survey asked people last summer what they thought of the NHS, why had satisfaction with the NHS plummeted from 70% to 55% in just a year under...

My hon. Friend hits right at the heart of the flaws in the arrangements proposed tonight, which I was going to move on to. I am sure that Who Cares has its ear to the ground, good local connections and strong representation, and I want to see that continue, as...

My hon. Friend hits right at the heart of the flaws in the arrangements proposed tonight, which I was going to move on to. I am sure that Who Cares has its ear to the ground, good local connections and strong representation, and I want to see that continue, as...

I find it dismaying, because there are so many people who are committed to the health service, work in the health service or are dependent on the health service, as we all are, and they want answers to that question, but the Government are simply not giving them. To be...

I find it dismaying, because there are so many people who are committed to the health service, work in the health service or are dependent on the health service, as we all are, and they want answers to that question, but the Government are simply not giving them. To be...

My answer to my hon. Friend's second question is no, and I do not know the answer to her first question, which should really be directed to the Minister. We need an explanation of how the system for setting up, or in effect franchising, local patient organisations will be carried...

My answer to my hon. Friend's second question is no, and I do not know the answer to her first question, which should really be directed to the Minister. We need an explanation of how the system for setting up, or in effect franchising, local patient organisations will be carried...

I had not intended to speak in this part of the debate but I was so underwhelmed and unimpressed by the Minister that I felt moved to do so. It is interesting to follow the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes). I think he was offering...

I had not intended to speak in this part of the debate but I was so underwhelmed and unimpressed by the Minister that I felt moved to do so. It is interesting to follow the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes). I think he was offering...

Before my hon. Friend moves on, will she pay tribute to our Labour colleagues in the Lords, who have worked across the House, but who, by dint of the way the House of Lords works, cannot always claim credit for the results they have achieved by working in that way?

Before my hon. Friend moves on, will she pay tribute to our Labour colleagues in the Lords, who have worked across the House, but who, by dint of the way the House of Lords works, cannot always claim credit for the results they have achieved by working in that way?

This Government and this Bill are giving health reform a bad name. The Bill is unwanted and unnecessary. It is reckless to force through the biggest reorganisation in NHS history at the same time as finances are tight and pressures on the health service are growing. The big quality and...

This Government and this Bill are giving health reform a bad name. The Bill is unwanted and unnecessary. It is reckless to force through the biggest reorganisation in NHS history at the same time as finances are tight and pressures on the health service are growing. The big quality and...

I thank the Secretary of State for an advance copy of his statement, although I learned more from the Prime Minister's press conference than from the statement. Humiliating! The Health Secretary has had health policy taken out of his hands. He spent the last nine months telling anyone who criticised...

I thank the Secretary of State for an advance copy of his statement, although I learned more from the Prime Minister's press conference than from the statement. Humiliating! The Health Secretary has had health policy taken out of his hands. He spent the last nine months telling anyone who criticised...