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Wendy Morton

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Points of Order
Monday 27th February 2017

(7 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The result of our “ideological obsession” with savings and austerity is that we have increased spending on the NHS twice as fast in England as the hon. Lady’s party has in Scotland.

Wendy Morton Portrait Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con)
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As the Secretary of State is aware, patient safety is paramount. For the benefit of my constituents, will he confirm that patient safety was throughout the process and remains his primary concern?

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My hon. Friend is absolutely right—that has been our primary concern. It needs to be our primary concern as we examine the lessons that need to be learned in both the setting and the monitoring of contracts with the private sector, which were clearly deficient in this case.

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