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Debate between Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston and Paul Burstow(13 years, 4 months ago)
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Paul Burstow
That important question must be partly addressed by the hon. Gentleman's colleagues in the Welsh Assembly, but one of the issues raised by the Law Commission’s recommendations on law reform that we must address is that of ordinary residence tests to ensure that people have access to the right care at the right time and in the right place.
Paul Burstow
Cross-government discussions take place about any matter that requires legislation and funding—and of course the Treasury plays its part in those discussions.
Winterbourne View Care Home
Debate between Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston and Paul Burstow(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Paul Burstow
My hon. Friend draws attention to an area that we need to look at as part of the various aspects of the work that I described to the House today. Although I do not know the basis on which such data are collected by the CQC, I undertake to look at what data are available.
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)
I accept the Minister’s logic in not asking for heads to roll ahead of the report of the independent inquiry, but will he give the House an undertaking that once he has asked the questions and received the answers, he will not shy away from allocating responsibility and will do what the NHS is usually very bad at—allocating responsibility at some stage and asking people to resign?
Paul Burstow
I think I will say yes to that, but I want to make it clear that I am not answering in the context of hypotheticals. I do not know the conclusions of the exercise, and Ministers who come to the Dispatch Box and promise that things will never happen again are all too often and too soon proven wrong. We must make sure that we do everything we can to learn lessons from this to minimise the risks in the future, and we need to make sure that responsibility and accountability are at the heart of the reforms that the Government are making to health and social care.
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Debate between Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston and Paul Burstow(13 years, 8 months ago)
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Paul Burstow
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. Indeed, the importance of family and social networks is a key component of the vision for social care, which we set out in November. Importantly, social care can support those networks through support for family carers.
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)
Queen Elizabeth hospital in my constituency provides excellent cancer care for the people not just of Birmingham, but of the west midlands. Following a freedom of information request by Unison, it has become clear that the hospital faces a 17%—or £22.5 million—cut in its funding from primary care trusts. How can the Minister say that cancer care will not be compromised if we have cuts on that scale?