Health and Social Care Bill

Debate between Grahame Morris and Joan Ruddock

Tuesday 13th March 2012 Commons Chamber

[Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab)]

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[Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab)]

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National Health Service

Debate between Grahame Morris and Joan Ruddock

Wednesday 26th October 2011 Commons Chamber

[Joan Ruddock]

My hon. Friend heard the Secretary of State’s responses to my questions. I know that my hon. Friend served on the Committee considering the Health and Social Care Bill. Will he confirm that competitiveness is still at the heart of that Bill and that the cap on private patients in the NHS is being removed from hospitals?

[Grahame M. Morris]

I am grateful for that intervention from my right hon. Friend and I should like to place on record, because the Secretary of State did not take the opportunity to do so, that the cap on private patient work, which had been set at 5%, is to be raised by the Bill. That must have a detrimental impact on the NHS in general, and on non-private patients, as resources are directed to the private sector and private patients.