Speeches by Streeting.

“My other observation is that, in the time that has passed since PFI was introduced, the skills and capability of the system have changed. We can go back and check, but there will probably be more people in commercial functions now in the Department and in NHS England than there were before. Obviously, I want to bring t…”

“We will have to keep the costs under careful review. I obviously talk to the Chancellor and the Prime Minister all the time about how we are managing the pressures in the NHS and the impact on services, so those will be ongoing discussions. As we can see across the board, and this is one of the points that needs to be …”

“The principle here is that there are tons of checkers in the system. We need a few more doers, and we want to streamline to make sure that we have the right people doing the right jobs and diverting as much resource to the frontline as possible.”

“I say respectfully to the hon. Gentleman, whom I like very much, and to his constituent, that it is because I have also had to look into the eyes of people in this community who have not received the right care and seen the deleterious impact it has had on their mental health and wellbeing. I have had to deal with pare…”

“The CQC is independent and is the independent regulator.”

“So it does have an impact on the opportunity cost, as you suggest.”

“The first thing to say is that we are not going to incorporate HSSIB into the CQC until the CQC is in a fit state to receive it. Secondly, we will make sure, through the governance arrangements and accountabilities, that we do not lose that sharp focus on investigation and the expertise that HSSIB has, which I am deter…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Given that I work for a former Crown prosecutor, I could not possibly disagree with her on evidence.”

“Yes, and to be honest, it is the third issue of redress that so often causes the hold-up. The reasons for hold-up are, more often than not, financial. The reasons for hold-up are because responsibility sits across different Government Departments. I say this by way of explanation rather than an excuse, as you can proba…”

“I couldn’t agree more.”

“There is an opportunity cost—absolutely. That is why I think the strikes are ultimately self-defeating for the BMA and its members. I know that the sense from BMA members, reflected in the ballot—both in terms of turnout and the margin of the ballot response—is to give the Government a good kicking.”

“The study includes a lot of research around wider therapeutic support and interventions, including mental health support. We are rolling out more clinics and services across the country to bring that care closer to home.”

“Yes, I appreciate that. We have committed to progress on initiatives to improve clinical service provision before the second anniversary. We are beginning to see progress already on both sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, but in terms of broader redress I would put this under the same category as a number of other patie…”

“So far, not least thanks to the way that Jim and Elizabeth O’Mahony, the chief financial officer of the NHS, have managed the system to keep costs under control this year, we have been able to absorb the pressures and costs of strikes without directly impacting on frontline services.”

“We are working with our colleagues at the Cabinet Office to address a whole number of issues from the Hughes report. Obviously, work on infected blood is now well under way, but we have other issues, particularly about the vaccine-injured community. There are a whole bunch of patient groups who have been failed by the …”

“Yes, you are.”

“Two things. First, no child in this study is able to give consent and therefore be a participant in the trial and receive puberty blockers. In order to participate in a trial, a young person would need to give informed assent by repeating back to the clinician what the risks are and why they would want to go through th…”

“I am not going to waste valuable time this morning relitigating what I have said very publicly and regularly on the BMA and my views on the timing of this industrial action, because they are well known. Jim, I and other senior NHS leaders met with the BMA yesterday morning—even at that late stage—to try and see off str…”

“A permanent ban on the prescription of these drugs outside a clinical trial. I have been challenged, because I have said, in both instances, that I was uncomfortable about the ban and I am uncomfortable about the clinical trial. Both those statements are true and consistent. When I put in place the permanent ban on pub…”

“Joe, part of what Cass recommended and what will be undertaken is exactly that sort of research into people who are older and have undergone that kind of medical treatment or other sorts of support, from therapy through to other support from the NHS, to understand their outcomes. At the heart of the decisions I have ma…”