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Internal Market In Health Care

EDM number 576 in 1993-94, proposed by John Cummings on 10/02/1994.

That this House recognises that the present internal health care market, together with the introduction of a purchaser/provider split through the establishment of joint commissioning boards and independent National Health Service trusts, has caused an unprecedented increase in the number of administrative and managerial posts; believes that the new contractual arrangements between health authorities and National Health Service trusts have added to the chaos and confusion over who is responsible for meeting the cost of hospital treatment, particularly at specialist units outside the patients home area; and calls on the Secretary of State to introduce some flexibility into the funding regime across the National Health Service to ensure that Trust hospitals with spare capacity are encouraged to treat the maximum number of patients irrespective of rigid short term contractual arrangements with particular health authorities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Cummings10/02/1994EasingtonProposed
Ronnie Campbell10/02/1994Blyth ValleySigned
John Heppell11/02/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Lynne Jones11/02/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
David Clelland11/02/1994Tyne BridgeSigned
Harry Barnes11/02/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
Robert Parry14/02/1994Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Martin Redmond14/02/1994Don ValleySigned
Peter Hardy14/02/1994WentworthSigned
Ken Livingstone14/02/1994Brent EastSigned
Eddie Loyden14/02/1994Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alan Meale14/02/1994MansfieldSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie14/02/1994Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Evans14/02/1994St Helens NorthSigned
Audrey Wise14/02/1994PrestonSigned
Eric Illsley15/02/1994Barnsley CentralSigned
Terry Patchett15/02/1994Barnsley EastSigned
Max Madden15/02/1994Bradford WestSigned
Edward O'Hara16/02/1994Knowsley SouthSigned
Michael Connarty16/02/1994Falkirk EastSigned
Jim Dowd16/02/1994Lewisham WestSigned
Mike Gapes16/02/1994Ilford SouthSigned
Jack Thompson16/02/1994WansbeckSigned
Alan Simpson17/02/1994Nottingham SouthSigned
Bill Etherington17/02/1994Sunderland NorthSigned
Win Griffiths17/02/1994BridgendSigned
Terry Davis21/02/1994Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Richard Burden24/02/1994Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Dennis Turner24/02/1994Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Mike Hall28/02/1994Warrington SouthSigned
Michael Clapham03/03/1994Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Martyn Jones04/03/1994Clwyd South WestSigned

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