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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CLOSURE OF COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (11 October 2005)

Motion Details

That this House recognises the excellent service provided by community hospitals in affording locally accessible healthcare; deplores the current programme of closures that conflicts with the Government's commitment to community hospitals given in its 2005 manifesto; notes the strength of public opinion in favour of community hospitals; recognises that the cost of treating a patient in a community hospital is often significantly less than the cost of similar treatment in a district general hospital; further notes the potential loss to the NHS of dedicated staff when a community hospital closes; further notes that bed blocking in large acute units is exacerbated by the absence of step-down care; and calls upon the Government to conduct a review of closures and to recognise the potential for community hospitals to carry forward its plans for locally delivered healthcare.

Sponsored by:
Lord Lansley (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
87
86%
 
 
Independent
8
8%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
3
3%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (101 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Con
Mr Richard Bacon
Con
Sir Tony Baldry
Con
Mr John Baron
Con
Mr Brian Binley
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Con
James Brokenshire
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Con
Greg Clark
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Derek Conway
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Con
Sir Philip Davies
Con
Lord Deben
Con
Ms Nadine Dorries
Con
Sir James Duddridge
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Sir David Evennett
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Mark Field
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Christopher Fraser
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Sir Robert Goodwill
Con
Michael Gove
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Mr John Greenway
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Greg Hands
Con
Mr Mark Harper
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Charles Hendry
Con
Adam Holloway
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Jeremy Hunt
Godalming and Ash
Con
Mr Nick Hurd
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
Boris Johnson
Con
Mr David Jones
Con
Robert Key
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Lord Lansley (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Ind
Anne Milton
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
David Mundell
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Brooks Newmark
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Con
John Penrose
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Lord Risby
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Mr Lee Scott
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
David Tredinnick
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Con
Sir Charles Walker
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Lord Willetts
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Sir Jeremy Wright
Kenilworth and Southam
Con
Mr Tim Yeo

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