NHS Long-Term Plan: Implementation

Debate between Pauline Latham and Matt Hancock

Monday 1st July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the tone that he takes, and he is absolutely right in his analysis. I know he met the cancer Minister, the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Seema Kennedy), last week on this point. We absolutely will address it, and we will not miss the less survivable cancers. Indeed, the focus on early diagnosis will of course help survivability, but it is also a focus across all cancers equally, rather than just on those where survivability has improved so much.

[Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

This long-term plan for the NHS has been developed by the NHS, not imposed by Government. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this sets the plan apart and means it is much more likely to work for staff and patients alike?

[Matt Hancock]

Yes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. The plan is of the NHS by the NHS for the NHS. We in Government will absolutely facilitate it and support it, and of course we are putting in the money, but the NHS as a whole should be very proud of what this plan proposes and the way the implementation is being done in such a rigorous fashion.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Pauline Latham and Matt Hancock

Tuesday 15th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

Yes. The hon. Gentleman is right: that is absolutely critical.

[Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

What advice can the Minister give to elderly and vulnerable people who missed out on the first wave of flu jabs? Are they still available?

Prevention of Ill Health: Government Vision

Debate between Pauline Latham and Matt Hancock

Monday 5th November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

I said the opposite actually. There are environmental and economic factors, and they are very important. My point was that having a record level of jobs in this country is a benefit.

[Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

In my constituency of Mid Derbyshire, there is an amazing group of community pharmacies that are saving people going into hospital and getting them out quicker. I invite my right hon. Friend to come and see them. He does not need to go to France; he can come to Mid Derbyshire instead.

[Matt Hancock]

I will actually be in Derbyshire later this month visiting a neighbouring constituency, but it looks like I have just put another stop on the itinerary.