PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
NHS BUREAUCRACY (25 June 1997)

Motion Details

That this House notes that Labour's election manifesto promised to cut costs in the NHS by diverting money from the bureaucratic processes of the internal market into direct care for patients; is delighted that the government has already begun to honour this manifesto promise by identifying ú100 million to be saved from NHS bureaucracy over the coming year; notes that this money will now be re-directed to improving patient care; welcomes particularly ú10 million now going into speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and a further ú5 million to be spent on improving children's intensive care for the coming winter; further welcomes the setting up by the government of an NHS Efficiency Task Force to explore more ways of saving money to provide more for patient care; and believes this is proof that, unlike the previous Tory Government, the new Labour Government accords treating patients a higher priority than playing chase the form in the Tory internal market.

Sponsored by:
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
39
91%
 
 
Independent
4
9%
 
Sponsor List (43 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Lab
Baroness Corston
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Phil Hope
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Ann Keen
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Alice Mahon
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Rachel Squire
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Lab
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Sponsor)

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