Yesterday, Jeremy Hunt gave a statement on the Government’s response to the Freedom to Speak Up Review of NHS whistle-blowing by Sir Robert Francis. You can find the summary of the Review here. The aim of the Review was “to provide advice and recommendations to ensure that NHS staff in England feel […]
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Calling for a new generation of Urgent Care Centre in Wycombe during the NHS debate
Yesterday, I spoke in the debate on the NHS, calling for a new generation of urgent care centre in Wycombe in line with NHS England guidance, particularly: NHS England, Transforming urgent and emergency care services in England NHS England Five Year Forward View Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): I begin by […]
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I am contacted often about local health services. Almost everyone thinks that Wycombe Hospital should be at the centre of our local health provision and should be used to the maximum benefit. Rightly or wrongly, they have reassurance from healthcare being delivered in a hospital setting: they have an expectation their […]
Read MoreIt’s time to improve the health and social care complaints system – Healthwatch shows how
Healthwatch England is the national consumer champion in health and care. They have significant statutory powers to ensure the voice of the consumer is strengthened and heard by those who commission, deliver and regulate health and care services. These powers include the right to enter and view health providers, for which […]
Read MoreNHS top brass at the Health Select Committee
Last week, the NHS published its Five Year Forward View. I have written about the emerging models, as they might impact upon Wycombe. On 28th October, three NHS leaders provided evidence to a regular session of the Parliamentary Health Select Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr Sarah Wollaston MP. They were: Simon Stevens, […]
Read MoreThe NHS Five Year Forward View
Last week, the NHS published a Five Year Forward View. Amongst other things, it envisages a new care model which is close to the proposals I have brought forward – the Primary and Acute Care System: We will now permit a new variant of integrated care in some parts of England […]
Read MorePower to the People: healthy collectivism through member-owned mutuals
I began Conservative conference last Monday with a discussion hosted by ResPublica about empowering patients. The background was the report Power to the People – the mutual future of our National Health Service (PDF) produced for health mutual benenden. The report deals with the underlying reasons why the NHS is struggling to cope despite this Government protecting […]
Read MoreCancer Prevalence in the UK 2010 – 2040
In the course of reading ResPublica’s report Power to the People: The mutual future of our National Health Service, I found this horrific chart: The section explaining “Why the NHS is on an unsustainable footing” clearly discusses pressures on the NHS from obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, dementia and depression. […]
Read MoreA brighter future for Wycombe Hospital
Today, I am publishing a report I commissioned from Durrow: A better future for Wycombe Hospital – a proposal for a long term & successful future. In the years since Wycombe was established as a district general hospital, healthcare demands have increased and changed while medical practice has become more specialised. As a consequence, hospitals […]
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Debate on Hospital Car Parking Charges
Yesterday I made an intervention during a debate on Hospital Car Parking Charges. You can view the full debate here. Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): I want to set in context what my hon. Friend has just said about the scale of these charges. I have just checked the cost of parking at […]
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