Over at CentreRight, I explain why I support Andrew Lansley’s health reforms: In terms of the anxiety and concern felt by Wycombe constituents, no other issue compares to the future of our hospital and local health care. That’s why, as MP for Wycombe, the NHS is my top local priority. […]
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Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS
Via the Department for Health, the launch of the Government’s health reforms: Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley today set out the Government’s ambitious plans to reform the NHS during this Parliament and for the long-term. The White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ published today, details how […]
Read MoreBiggest revolution in the NHS for 60 years – Telegraph
Doctors are to be given sole responsibility for overseeing front-line care to patients under Coalition plans described as the biggest revolution in the NHS since its foundation 60 years ago. About £80billion will be distributed to family GPs in a move that will see strategic health authorities and primary care […]
Read MoreTeck Khong: NHS reform must tackle the fundamental flaws in its management, its funding, and the maintenance of professional standards
A doctor and Conservative candidate writes on health reform and it’s very much to the point of our local experience: A renewal of the NHS must not be piecemeal or deal with the symptoms. It must tackle the fundamental flaws – in its management, its funding, and the maintenance of […]
Read MoreMaternity at Wycombe Hospital
First, we found Wycombe’s midwife-led maternity unit was at risk of temporary closure: Wycombe Hospital unit could close for months. I called for radical reform: Wycombe MP calls for radical health care shake-up. Finally, the editor kindly supported this view: MP’s plan can prevent vanishing maternity. Having met Andrew Lansley MP, the Health […]
Read MoreWestminster Hall Debate
Tim Hewish is my Parliamentary Assistant. I asked him yesterday to attend a Westminster Hall debate on my behalf. In this post, he sets out what he learned. Yesterday I was able to attend the Westminster Hall Debate on the Westmorland General Hospital obtained by Tim Farron MP who discussed […]
Read MoreAn intervention on Wycombe Hospital
I’ll be following up this intervention directly on behalf of constituents: Steven Baker (Wycombe, Conservative): I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend Tony Baldry on securing this debate, and I note the Minister’s diligent concern for Horton hospital. Will he consider the case of Wycombe hospital, which is somewhat further down […]
Read MoreNew threat to Wycombe Hospital (From Bucks Free Press)
Via New threat to Wycombe Hospital (From Bucks Free Press): MORE services could be axed from Wycombe Hospital – leading the town’s new MP to pledge to ‘fight to keep what we’ve got’. A major consultation on the future of hospital in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire is to be launched in the […]
Read MoreWycombe Hospital visit
I’m off to Wycombe Hospital in a moment to visit with Anne Eden, Chief Executive of Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust. This follows a meeting with Ed Macalister-Smith of Bucks PCT last week. I very much look forward to working with both organisations to make the progress we need on healthcare […]
Read MoreBFP: Health bosses slammed for not appearing at public meeting
Last night, while I attended the Wycombe Conservative Association AGM, Paul Goodman MP attended a meeting just outside the new constituency boundaries to consider the future of Wycombe Hospital and Marlow Community Hospital. Via the Bucks Free Press, Health bosses slammed for not appearing at public meeting: HEALTH bosses were lambasted […]
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