Caroline Flint MP (Lab) - #nhscommission debate quotes 2 of 2:
"The central point of the motion is funding... We have never had that proposition because it is not within the mix of a general election. In the bustle and the back and forth, a debate on that has not been allowed to happen. We, as politicians, are to blame."
Caroline Flint MP (Lab) - #nhscommission debate quotes page 1 of 2:
"Today’s NHS bears no comparison with that created some 60 years ago. We need to face up to change and importantly, as part of that, to help people to cope with change, because that can be frightening. We want a better and stronger NHS, but let us also have a smarter NHS. I hope that Government and Opposition Front Benchers will respond positively to the proposal."
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Cons) - #nhscommission debate quotes:
"I call on the Government to consider very carefully working with our Opposition partners at scale and at pace to bring forward an agreement on how we will bring more money into the system as a whole, and in the meantime, to make sure that the money we do spend is spent in the best interests of patients."
Please tell your MP to attend the NHS/Social Care Commission Commons debate this Thursday 28th Jan.
Former Health Minister and NHS doctor Dr Dan Poulter MP has backed the call for a cross-party Commission.
The Commons began debating the NHS & Social Care Commission today - with all-party support!
The Commons will begin debating an NHS/Care Commission on 6th Jan!
"Only a Royal Commission will get us talking sensibly about the NHS" says ex-Heath Secretary Norman Fowler in an article published in the Telegraph.
NHS Survival has launched a new petition to hold the Health Secretary to his promise for cross-party work on NHS and care funding which he made pre-election in April during an interview.
