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Worthing And Southlands Nhs Trust

EDM number 1199 in 1995-96, proposed by Alice Mahon on 18/07/1996.

That this House notes the national significance of development at the Worthing and Southlands National Health Trust in West Sussex; believes that recent developments at this hospital in the heart of Conservative Britain graphically illustrate the problems of underfunding in NHS trusts; believes it extraordinary that an NHS trust hemmed in by national targets should be forced to reduce beds on surgical and medical wards, reduce prescribing of drugs and surgical equipment, delay ward modernisation, defer equipment replacement, reduce porterage and cleaning services, and introduce changes in care nursing shift working, in order to keep within budget; believes that despite denials by this trust and many others in a similar position, the inevitable consequences of these cuts is reduced patient care; considers the Worthing and Southlands experience to be of national significance in so far as it symbolises the dilemma faced by health service managers at a local level throughout the country; and begs a reply to the simple questions: why should patients suffer inconvenience, why should admissions to wards be blocked when beds are available, and why should employees suffer inconvenience to balance inadequate budgets in conditions where taxpayers demand and are prepared to fund quality, uninterrupted services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alice Mahon18/07/1996HalifaxProposed
Dale Campbell-Savours18/07/1996WorkingtonSigned
Ann Clwyd18/07/1996Cynon ValleySigned
Ken Livingstone19/07/1996Brent EastSigned
Peter Hardy22/07/1996WentworthSigned
Norman Godman22/07/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Barnes22/07/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
James Callaghan23/07/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Audrey Wise23/07/1996PrestonSigned
Tony Banks23/07/1996Newham North WestSigned
John Evans23/07/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Michael Clapham23/07/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/07/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Bill Michie23/07/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
William McKelvey23/07/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion23/07/1996Dundee EastSigned
Dennis Skinner23/07/1996BolsoverSigned
Ernie Ross23/07/1996Dundee WestSigned
Colin Pickthall23/07/1996West LancashireSigned
John Cummings24/07/1996EasingtonSigned
Kenneth Eastham24/07/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Etherington24/07/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Dennis Turner24/07/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Eric Illsley14/10/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Roland Boyes14/10/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Rachel Squire16/10/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
Terry Lewis16/10/1996WorsleySigned

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