Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between George Freeman and Kelly Tolhurst

Tuesday 5th July 2016 Commons Chamber

[George Freeman]

Let me gently and respectfully point out that those who work in the NHS and the leaders responsible for it have made it very clear how dependent it is on people who come to work here in the NHS from overseas. Under the terms of our own mandate and indeed our own laws, the NHS has a duty to make sure that it provides proper diagnosis and treatment for all our citizens. For public health and safety, it is in nobody’s interests for citizens of the UK not to be able to integrate, deal with and get proper diagnosis from the system. My hon. Friend’s wider points about the speaking of English are well made, but they are not relevant to this particular question.

[Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood) (Con)]

11. What steps his Department plans to take to improve local dispensing arrangements.