Debates between John Healey and David Tredinnick during the 2010-2015 Parliament

NHS Reorganisation

Debate between John Healey and David Tredinnick
Wednesday 17th November 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Healey Portrait John Healey
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It is a very good thing that the Royal College of General Practitioners is trying to bring the skills of many GPs up to speed because this is a big job for which GPs are not trained and not equipped, and which many do not want to do.

David Tredinnick Portrait David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)
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Does the right hon. Gentleman recall that we had GP fundholders during the previous Conservative Government, and the doctors managed the budgets all right and increased choice for patients?

John Healey Portrait John Healey
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The GP fundholding experiment took place in a completely different context—within an NHS that still had an area-based plan and still had bodies accountable through the Secretary of State to Parliament. In the end, however, it did not work and we stopped it.