I am delighted that on Friday evening Wycombe Conservative Association re-selected me as their candidate for the 2015 general election. In the course of the past three years, I have worked on a wide variety of national and local issues from healthcare, education and welfare to transport, defence, foreign affairs and […]
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New Chief Inspector of Hospitals will inspect Trusts in special measures
The new Chief Inspector of Hospitals will provide the public with assurance that services are safe, effective, caring, well-led and responsive to people’s needs. As Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, told the House on Tuesday: All [hospital trusts] will be inspected again within the next 12 months by the […]
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My Keogh Review Question to the Health Secretary
My question to the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, on the Keogh Review: Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): Walter Coles died because he was forgotten. Edward Maitland died because he was fed solid food. I could name others; those are just two of the patients who have died unnecessarily. And yet high […]
Read MoreWhy I am becoming a Healthwatch volunteer
Healthwatch England, the independent consumer champion for health and social care in England, has responded to the Keogh Review: There needs to be a profound change in how the NHS listens to the feedback, concerns and complaints of the patients. Listening properly and then taking action is all that needs to […]
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A turning point for local healthcare and the NHS: Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust placed in special measures
The Keogh Mortality Review of hospitals with excess mortality rates, including those in Bucks, was published today: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – Key Lines Of Enquiry (KLOE) Review into the quality of care and treatment provided by 14 hospital trusts in England: overview report Rapid Responsive Review Report For Risk […]
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Sir Bruce Keogh’s report into excess hospital deaths released tomorrow
Via The Telegraph, A damning report by Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS’s Medical Director, is tomorrow expected to spell out failings at 14 hospital trusts where there have been up to 13,000 needless deaths since 2005. Sir Bruce will describe how each hospital let its patients down through poor care, […]
Read More Bucks Health Select Committee today
Today, Bucks County Council’s Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee heard evidence on the progress of the recent Better Healthcare in Bucks changes. I published my written submission here. As I explained at the meeting, I want three big changes: An injection of realism into the debate. I quoted remarks by […]
Read MoreThe NHS belongs to the people: a call to action | NHS England
Via NHS England, The NHS belongs to the people: a call to action: NHS England has today called on the public, NHS staff and politicians to have an open and honest debate about the future shape of the NHS in order to meet rising demand, introduce new technology and meet […]
Read More CQC Report on Marlow Hospital
Yesterday morning I had some reassuring news on one of the local hospitals. Marlow Community Hospital has been given a good report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following a routine inspection at the end of May. The hospital is based in the neighbouring Beaconsfield constituency but is used by my […]
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Death rates for emergency patients admitted to Wexham Park from Wycombe
When the Daily Mail published Shocking proof A&E closures cost lives: Death rate jumps more than a THIRD after department closes, I asked for the exact Freedom of Information request they had submitted so I could obtain comparable figures for Wycombe from Wexham Park and Stoke Mandeville. We sent the […]
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