Debates between Martin Vickers and Jeremy Hunt during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Martin Vickers and Jeremy Hunt
Tuesday 13th October 2015

(9 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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Yes, I do. Let us be clear: this is about patient safety, about which every single doctor and nurse in the NHS is passionate. The problem is that the doctors whom the hon. Lady has met have been misled by their own union. This is not about cutting the pay bill for junior doctors, as the BMA has suggested. This is about safer care at weekends, reducing unsafe hours and doing the right thing for patients, and that is the right thing for doctors as well.

Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
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T4. It emerged earlier this month that North East Lincolnshire CCG was operating a primary care incentive scheme intended to reduce outpatient referrals. Understandably, this has met with a hostile reception from my constituents, who fear it may affect decisions on their care. Will Ministers look into this scheme and either offer some reassurance or instruct the CCG to reconsider?