All 2 Debates between David Mowat and Jason McCartney

Mon 17th Oct 2016

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Mowat and Jason McCartney
Tuesday 15th November 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mowat Portrait David Mowat
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The Cheshire and Merseyside STP will be published tomorrow, and we will all know better then what it says. The hon. Lady is right that there is an interaction between social care and health, but she and I, as Warrington MPs, must both be pleased that Warrington is one of the top performers in terms of delayed transfers of care, and on that we should congratulate our local authorities.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)
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12. What discussions he has had with NHS England on the reconfiguration of A&E units.

Community Pharmacies

Debate between David Mowat and Jason McCartney
Monday 17th October 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mowat Portrait David Mowat
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As my predecessor said, an impact assessment is being produced, and when these proposals are published in their entirety, that will be published at the same time.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)
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On Thursday, my local clinical commissioning group will announce whether it is going to press ahead with plans to downgrade A&E at the Huddersfield royal infirmary. Can the Minister not see that when our A&Es are under so much pressure, we need community pharmacies and GP surgeries to see patients on the front line? I appreciate what he says about clustering, but having seen the last bank branches close in my rural communities, I am sorry but I just do not have confidence in it.

David Mowat Portrait David Mowat
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All I can do is repeat the point that I made earlier. The Government completely agree that we need community pharmacies. The Government completely agree that they have a vital role to play in keeping patients away from GPs and, potentially, from A&E as well. That, however, is not the same as saying that the 11,800 pharmacies that we have at the moment are precisely the right number, or that the clustering is at precisely the right number as well. It is right for the Government to review this and to establish whether or not the £25,000 of NHS money that every pharmacy receives every year is money well spent.