Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Hammond and Anneliese Dodds

Tuesday 18th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Hammond]

The hon. Gentleman is right: every exception report has to be addressed. Changing the rota is one possible outcome. He will recognise that there are other possible outcomes as well: the doctor may agree to work extra hours and be given extra time off; timing of the ward rounds in clinics may be adjusted, so that educational opportunities can be taken: and timing of the ward rounds can be adjusted so that support from other senior staff can be there as well. There are many ways around this.

[Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East) (Lab/Co-op)]

7. For what reason he chose not to refer the Thames Valley PET-CT scanning contract to the independent reconfiguration panel.