NHS Long-Term Plan: Implementation

Debate between Mike Amesbury and Matt Hancock

Monday 1st July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

Yes, I agree very strongly with that. When I said that my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) was one of the best constituency advocates, I forgot my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk), who is also one of the best, and certainly the best advocate for Cheltenham, that the House has ever seen. He is absolutely right in the substance of his question, which is that we must have the support for the workforce we need, including in emergency medicine, to ensure high-quality emergency facilities near to people—where they are needed—and he makes that case with respect to the expansion of services at Cheltenham Hospital, which he supports incredibly strongly.

[Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)]

Is the privatisation of the urgent care centre in the Runcorn-Halton part of my constituency part of the Secretary of State’s NHS plan?

[Matt Hancock]

I am not sure what specific case the hon. Gentleman is referring to, but I will tell him this about privatisation: I support the NHS being free at the point of delivery so that everybody can use it, and the most important principle at stake is how to deliver the best possible services for our constituents. That is what I will keep doing.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mike Amesbury and Matt Hancock

Thursday 10th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

Yes, I should have paid tribute to the right hon. Gentleman’s campaign for the agent of change principle. It now exists as a draft measure, and I am absolutely determined to make it a reality.

[Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)]

7. What steps he is taking to help ensure the affordability of ticket prices for national sporting events.