Andrew George MP backs the NHS Bill

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Andrew George, the Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives, has been a key supporter of the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

On 11th March 2015, Andrew George MP and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas co-sponsored the National Health Service Bill – the NHS Bill – when it was tabled in the House of Commons. The NHS Bill was based on the second version of the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

“There are many risks which need to be dealt with. The public sector ethos of the NHS is at risk. The current dynamics and structures within the NHS means that the risk of fragmentation has been heightened. The private sector is camped on the front lawn of core NHS services, preying on the NHS and cherry picking its easiest and most profitable services.

“The last thing the NHS needs now is yet another top down reorganisation. The NHS Reinstatement Bill provides a good basis for a better direction of travel for the NHS.”

Andrew George MP, 11 March 2015

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Andrew George MP, alongside Caroline Lucas MP, and barrister Peter Roderick (co-author of the NHS Reinstatement Bill), talking to student nurses on the day the NHS Bill was presented to parliament.

 

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Photo-op: 11.30am, College Green, Wed 11 March

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The NHS Reinstatement Bill – named in parliament the NHS Bill – will be presented by Caroline Lucas in the House of Commons on Wednesday 11 March. It will be co-sponsored by a cross party group of up to 12 MPs – including Liberal Democrat Andrew George, Labour’s Michael Meacher, SNP’s Stewart Hosie and Plaid Cymru’s Hywel Williams.

To mark this milestone, we will have a photo opportunity with any campaign groups who would like to come along at 11.30am on College Green, near the House of Commons. Everyone is welcome. Bring your banners. We hope that Caroline Lucas MP, Andrew George MP and some of the other supporting MPs will be able to join us.

 

What does ‘presenting’ the Bill mean?

It is a mechanism to publish the Bill formally in the House of Commons. Caroline Lucas will be asked who is introducing the Bill, read out the names of the other MPs, and will then walk three steps down the middle of the Commons, bow, take three more steps, bow again, and will then hand the Bill in at the table.  It will be read out by the clerk and will then be formally listed as one of this year’s bills.  Notionally Caroline Lucas will name a day for the Second Reading debate, although at this stage in the parliamentary cycle this will not happen before the General Election.

The full text of the Bill should be published shortly after, hopefully on Thursday 12th March. The published Bill will have a very small number of changes to the second version of the Bill we have prepared, and it should then be available on Parliament’s website.

Why is this important?

Whilst there is no parliamentary time to take the Bill any further in this parliament, this is an important milestone in showing cross-party support, and enabling other MPs to see the full text of the Bill.

Why now?

The NHS Reinstatement Bill was drafted in August 2014 by Professor Allyson Pollock and barrister Peter Roderick. There was a consultation period that finished in December 2014. Based on the consultation responses received, we published a second version of the Bill in February 2015. It is this second version, with a small number of changes, that will become ‘The NHS Bill’ as presented in parliament.

What next?

The aim of our campaign has always been to for people to ask their MP and parliamentary candidates to state their support for an NHS Reinstatement Bill to be included in the Queen’s Speech after the General Election.

You can help.

Take action – write to your MP and candidates today.

Dave Anderson MP supports the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill

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Dave Anderson, Labour MP for Blaydon is backing the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.

“I would absolutely support an NHS Reinstatement Bill in the next parliament, and I’m delighted to tell you that Labour will repeal the Health and Social Care Act on being elected. I was formally the President of Unison the biggest trade union in health and proud that we always opposed the private sector leeching off our NHS and I will support moves to safeguard the service in public hands”.

Dave Anderson MP, March 2015

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SNP support the NHS Reinstatement Bill

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In January 2015, the SNP stated in a press release that they were ‘indicating support for the Campaign for an NHS Reinstatement Bill 2015 being pursued in England by, among others, Professor Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health Research and Policy.’

Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP said:

“The current Westminster agenda of austerity, privatisation and patient charging in the NHS in England threatens to harm Scotland’s budget, on which our NHS depends.

“Therefore, SNP MPs elected in May are prepared to vote for a Bill which would restore the National Health Service in England to the accountable public service it was always meant to be.

“Such a step would be good for England by giving people their health service back – and also represent enlightened self-interest for Scotland, by protecting the Scottish budget from the cuts which English privatisation are undoubtedly paving the way for. We want Scotland to be fully financially autonomous, but until that is achieved SNP MPs helping to reverse English health privatisation would be a vote in the Scottish national interest too.”

On 11 March 2015, when the NHS Bill was presented in the House of Commons, the SNP MPs – Stewart Hosie, Angus MacNeil, Mike Weir and Eilidh Whiteford all came to show their support.

On 17 April 2015 they reaffirmed their support in a press release.

 

PLEASE NOTE: This page was written prior to the General Election in May 2015. The information below is provided for historical interest only, and refers to individuals that were MPs and candidates prior to the General Election.

 

Below are the MPs and candidates that have added their personal support.

Mike WeirMike Weir
SNP MP
Angus

“I fully support the NHS Reinstatement Bill. The NHS is vitally important to us all and I personally have good reason to be thankful to the NHS. 

In Scotland the SNP Government have been very clear that we will not allow privatisation of the NHS. Although the Scottish NHS is devolved, however, the changes in the way it is funded in England could have a direct impact on the funding available to the Scottish NHS.

The Bill would prevent the privatisation of services in England and return the NHS to what it was intended to be. That would also remove the threat to funding for the Scottish NHS. This is a bill that we should fight for together in the best interests of all the peoples of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.”

EW headshot 2Dr Eilidh Whiteford
SNP MP
Banff and Buchan

“We are very fortunate in Scotland that our NHS remains well-funded and in public hands – true to the founding principles of the NHS.

Creeping privatisation is a threat to free NHS services across these islands and if re-elected, I will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those across the UK who wish to see our NHS remain in public hands.”

 

 

Dr Paul Monaghan
SNP parliamentary candidate,
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

“I fully support the restoration of England’s NHS and the campaign for an NHS Reinstatement Bill 2015.

“The policies of the current UK Government that aspire to privatise England’s NHS while simultaneously imposing austerity on vulnerable people are not in the public interest and will do nothing to promote wellbeing in any part of the UK. I want Scotland’s NHS to be protected from the requirements of patient charging and I want the people of England to be able to continue to access their health services free at the point of need.

“An NHS Reinstatement Bill will be good for the people of England and will help ensure that Scotland’s NHS can remain firmly in public ownership.”

Dr Philippa Whitford
SNP parliamentary candidate,
Central Ayrshire

“The NHS is one of Britain’s greatest achievements of the 20th century. Along with Social Security and free education, it saved and transformed lives. Sadly, in England, Social Security is being destroyed and free education is a thing of the past. Now the NHS is being broken up and franchised out for private firms to make profit from patients! This is destroying the cooperative and collaborative nature of the NHS. The SNP will be proud to support the NHS Re-establishment Bill to reverse privatisation in NHS England because, as well as helping those trying to save the NHS in England, we see that as the best way to protect our unified, public Scottish NHS.”

 

Chris Law
SNP parliamentary candidate,
Dundee West

“As the son of a senior nurse whom dedicated her life to the excellent work of the NHS and its core purpose, namely to serve the people of the UK and without prejudice I give my whole support to the NHS Reinstatement Bill.  The marketisation of a service to deliver health and well being to our nation is both abhorrent and will see the backroom deals done in favour of profits rather than people.”

 

 

Douglas Chapman
SNP prospective parliamentary candidate,
Dunfermline and West Fife

“The SNP have voted in the current Parliament to prevent the back-door privatisation of the health service by supporting the National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill which would re-establish the Secretary of State’s legal duty to provide national health services in England. While responsibility for the NHS in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Parliament, any cuts to NHS funding in England have knock on implications for the Scottish block grant and result in cuts to the Scottish budget.

The current Westminster agenda of austerity, privatisation and patient charging in the NHS in England threatens to harm Scotland’s budget, on which our NHS depends. SNP MPs elected in May would be prepared to vote for a bill which would restore the national health service in England to the accountable public service it was always meant to be.”

John Nicolson SNP candidate East DunbartonshireJohn Nicolson
SNP prospective parliamentary candidate,
East Dunbartonshire

“The NHS in Scotland is a national asset and the SNP is determined to prevent privatisation, which is proceeding apace in England. We regard the dismantling of NHS England as a potential threat to our own NHS because our funding is linked to English public expenditure, through the Barnett formula.

If elected as SNP MP for East Dunbartonshire, I will look forward to supporting a NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

Lisa Cameron SNP candidate East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowDr Lisa Cameron
SNP parliamentary candidate,
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

“I fully support the principles of the NHS Reinstatement Bill. 

“As a doctor in the Scottish NHS, I understand the effect which Westminster’s austerity economics is having on public services. As an SNP candidate, I fully support the premise that public services must be in public hands.  

“I would have no hesitation in voting to reintroduce a public NHS right across these islands in order to protect Scotland’s budget. With my experience in the NHS here in Scotland, I want to ensure we do not have any more cuts imposed on the Scottish budget – thus allowing the SNP Government here in Scotland to make our NHS healthier.”

Stewart McDonald SNP Glasgow SouthStewart McDonald
SNP parliamentary candidate,
Glasgow South

“I would be happy to support a bill which takes the NHS out of the hands of the private sector and restores it back to where it belongs; in public hands. This would undoubtedly help strengthen Scotland’s NHS, and if elected to the House of Commons then I would have a duty to do so.”

 

Roger Mullin, SNP - Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathRoger Mullin
SNP parliamentary candidate,
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

“Anyone with a genuine concern for the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities, will support a Bill which would restore the National Health Service in England to its rightful role as an accountable public service.  Privatization of the Health sector in England has serious consequences for the funding of Scotland’s NHS.  If elected I am therefore committed to voting for this or any similar Bill.”

 

Ian Blackford SNP - Ross, Skye and LochaberIan Blackford
SNP parliamentary candidate,
Ross, Skye and Lochaber

“I am more than happy to support your campaign. I like my party believe that the NHS ought to remain a public service delivered by the public sector.”

 

 

Margaret Ferrier
SNP, parliamentary candidate,
Rutherglen and Hamilton West

“We should be very proud of the fact that we have had universal health care for over 65 years now, free at the point of need. The NHS has been one of the greatest achievements of government to date.

“We are extremely lucky that Health in Scotland is a devolved matter however the privatisation of the NHS in England could have an impact on the budget we receive from the UK government.

“I believe that we need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people who are calling for a halt to the destruction of the NHS in England, it should remain firmly in public hands. I would be happy if elected on May the 7th as an SNP MP to add my support in parliament to this Bill”

 

In addition to the personal statements above, the SNP candidates below have all stated:

“The current Westminster agenda of austerity, privatisation and patient charging in the NHS in England threatens to harm Scotland’s budget, on which our NHS depends.

If I am elected in May as an SNP MP, I would be prepared to vote for the NHS Reinstatement Bill 2015, which would restore the National Health Service in England to the accountable public service it was always meant to be.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nicola Sturgeon on Channel 4 news – SNP will vote to protect the English NHS

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On Channel 4 News, 21st January 2015, SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon was interviewed by Cathy Newman about SNP plans to vote in Westminster to protect the English NHS.

The transcript of the interview is below.

Cathy Newman (CN): “Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, has warned that her SNP colleagues at Westminster could vote on English NHS matters if there’s a hung parliament after the election. Usually Scottish nationalist MPs don’t vote on specifically English or Welsh issues in the House of Commons, but Nicola Sturgeon says that if decisions affecting the public funding of the health service in England arise, they would have a direct knock-on effect for Scotland’s budget, and her party would vote in their country’s self-interest.

The row fuels the debate over restricting Westminster votes on English laws to English MPs, and it highlights the SNP’s potential sway in supporting a minority government. One poll today gives the party double Labour’s support in Scotland which if borne out in May could dramatically increase the number of MPs on SNP benches.

Well we’re joined now from the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh by Nicola Sturgeon herself.

First Minister, why should SNP MPs vote on laws affecting only English citizens?”

Nicola Sturgeon (NS): “First, let me make clear that where a matter doesn’t have any impact on Scotland and where it affects only people in England, I don’t think Scottish MPs should vote. I think the argument then for English votes for English laws is a very strong one.

But of course on the NHS, that’s not the case: votes in the House of Commons that affect England’s health service and affect the funding for England’s health service have a knock-on effect to Scotland’s budget through the Barnett formula, so I’m signalling today that if there are votes in the House of Commons after the general election that would propose halting the privatisation of the health service we’re seeing in England, that would propose restoring the health service as a fully public service, then SNP MPs would vote for that because that would help us protect our own budget in the future. It would also be part of our progressive alliance with others in England who also want to see a halt to NHS privatisation.”

 

CN: “Ok, I’ll come back to that. But David Cameron has promised to protect NHS spending up to 2020, and in fact in this parliament he has done rather better at protecting spending on the English NHS than you have, because spending on the Scottish NHS has been cut whereas it’s gone up in England.”

NS: “First of all that’s not true. Since the Conservatives came to power in Westminster the revenue budget of the health service in Scotland has increased by 4.6%. We’ve passed on all consequentials and we’ve increased the revenue budget of the health service in real terms. I’ve given a very clear commitment that if the SNP is re-elected to government in 2016 we will do exactly the same for every year of the next parliament as well.

But the first part of your point there, if I can address that: I don’t know that there’s many people – I certainly don’t know anybody in Scotland, I can’t speak of course for every part of England – who believe that the Conservatives are increasingly privatising the health service so that they can increase public funding of the health service over the long term. I think most people would take the view that that increasing privatisation is over the long term about reducing the public contribution to our national health service. If that happens in England…”

 

CN: “That’s a big hypothetical though isn’t it? It’s potentially a completely unrelated issue.”

NS: “Why else would the Conservatives be going down the privatisation route that they are? Now there are many other objections of course to private sector involvement in the health service but I think most people and certainly most people I know who work in the health service share my view of the motivations for that.

Now what I am saying is that that is what gives SNP MPs the interest and the reason to vote for any move that would take the health service in England away from that in order to protect Scotland’s budget, and as I said earlier it would also I suspect put us on the same side as many other progressive forces in England who also like me don’t think that the privatisation of the National Health Service is a good thing to be doing.”

 

CN: “And it puts you on side with Labour as well, doesn’t it?”

NS: “On this issue? Of course. My central message in a Scottish context is that SNP MPs – unlike Scottish Labour MPs over many years – always stand up for Scotland’s interest and make our voice heard, and ensure that we are a progressive force. SNP MPs yesterday in the House of Commons with our colleagues in Plaid Cymru and the Greens forced a vote on the renewal of Trident. Unfortunately many Labour MPs either voted with the Conservative government for the renewal of Trident or didn’t vote at all. So that’s another issue where SNP MPs would be progressive voices in the House of Commons, and I suspect the Westminster establishment is crying out for more progressive voices.”

 

CN: “Well let me be clear where you do stand on other parliamentary votes after the election. Can people voting SNP on May 7th trust that you won’t help a Conservative government by voting with the Tories on any key issues at all after the election?”

NS: “I’ve made it absolutely crystal clear that SNP MPS, the SNP, would not formally or informally prop up a Conservative government. There’s a very simple democratic reason for that. People in Scotland tend not to vote for Conservative governments at Westminster. The current Tory government has one MP in Scotland.

Now we don’t know how people will vote in May of course but I’m fairly confident in predicting that Scotland won’t suddenly decide to vote Tory. So Scotland doesn’t vote for Conservative governments. It therefore would be completely and plainly wrong for the SNP to in any way prop up a Conservative government. But what we can do is make sure that whoever is in government in Westminster, Scotland’s voice is heard and our interests are protected – and those extensive new powers of course that we were promised for our parliament during the referendum campaign are actually delivered.”

 

CN: “On another issue of crucial interest to Scotland just before you go, is the drop in the oil price the best economic news for the whole of the UK?”

NS: “Obviously the drop in the oil price has significant downside for the oil industry and for the North-East of Scotland economy. I’m meeting the Prime Minister tomorrow [22/01/15] and one of the things I will be pressing him to do is to very quickly not to wait for the budget but to immediately introduce tax cuts for the North Sea to help them through this particular down-turn. Of course for the wider economy a lower oil price does have potential benefits for consumers but that benefit is…”

 

CN: “But it’s a bit of a blow for your economic projections isn’t it, because you based your entire economic projections for independence on an oil price of $110 a barrel and it’s currently $50 a barrel?”

NS: “That projection of course was lower than the projection made by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the UK government, but put that to one side for a second. You don’t hear any other oil producing country in the world respond to lower oil prices by suddenly saying ‘We can’t afford to manage our own resources any more’. If you look at Norway, it’s got its massive oil fund of course to drawn down on. The fact of the matter is, successive Westminster governments have mismanaged our oil resources and I think one of the questions for the future for Scotland is as oil prices rise again, as they inevitably will, are we going to allow that to happen in the future as well?

But the point I was making which I didn’t quite finish is that benefit to consumers of lower oil prices is only felt if we have companies pass that on and I hope that’s what we see in the weeks and months ahead.”

 

CN: “First Minster, thank you very much for joining me.”

NS: “Thank you.”

Labour MPs and candidates supporting NHS Reinstatement Bill

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PLEASE NOTE:  This page was written prior to the General Election in May 2015. The information below is provided for historical interest only, and refers to individuals that were MPs and candidates prior to the General Election.

 

The following Labour MPs have stated their support of the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

 

Below are all the other Labour parliamentary candidates that have stated their support.

Have you contacted your candidates yet? Please remember to let us know their responses.

 

Peter Dowd Labour candidate Bootle

Peter Dowd
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Bootle

“I can support the bulk of the contents of the NHS Reinstatement Bill and certainly its spirit. I think some of the proposals in relation to more democratic control of the NHS, abolition of monitor, rolling back marketisation and some other proposals are much needed.“

 

 

Paul Kenny Labour candidate Boston and Skegness

Paul Kenny
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Boston and Skegness

“I fully support the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

 

 

 

Dr Chris Jones Labour Party Broadland

Dr Chris Jones
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Broadland

“I am delighted to support the call for an NHS Reinstatement Bill.

As a NHS doctor of 30 years it is my concern for the future of our health service and the damage done by privatisation and comodification of health care that has led me to stand in this election.
 
I fully support all of the measures proposed and would be delighted to have the opportunity to promote such a Bill if elected.”

 

 

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Nick Palmer
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Broxtowe

“It’s important that we have both immediate plans and a long-term vision for the NHS. I support the proposed Bill, which allows phased introduction but sets out a clear direction for us to travel to an NHS true to its principles.”

 

 

 

Michael Foster
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Camborne and Redruth

“I support the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

 

 

Hugh Lanning Labour candidate Canterbury

Hugh Lanning
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Canterbury and Whitstable

“The marketisation of the NHS is incredibly foolhardy and flies in the face of evidence about the effective health care.  We have to restore the NHS as a fully accountable public service and stop privatisation before it is too late.”

 

 

Joe Cooke Labour Party Castle Point

Joe Cooke
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Castle Point

“I emphatically support the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill. As an elected governor of Southend Hospital Trust, I receive a great deal of information and training that reinforces the need to remove the inefficiencies of marketisation in the NHS. We can only achieve our goal through election of a Labour government, with a Labour Party on the correct course.”

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Dr Darren Price
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Congleton

“I don’t want the NHS to be something we used to have, that is why I support the ideas set out in the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

 

Stuart Rose
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Fareham

“I would like to see privatisation in the service bought to a halt, funding securely allocated and the constant debate from the Tories about its unsustainability countered by people who will always support it as a public service free at the point of need. Should I be elected in May the NHS will be at the forefront of my thinking. I am of course more than happy to lend my support to this potential legislation.”



Claire Jeffrey
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Folkestone and Hythe

“I completely support the NHS Reinstatement Bill; our NHS is one of our greatest achievements and we must fight to retain it for the future. This bill gives a clear way forward to do so.”

 

 

Edward Hart
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Haltemprice and Howden

“It is high time that we moved away from the marketisation of our NHS and the wasteful contract culture. Instead of imposing competition between hospitals and fragmentation, services should be run in a manner that compliment each other for the benefit of the public. Commercial imperatives should not influence decisions made about health care both on a communal and individual level. Moreover,It is vital that we reinstate the fundamental duty of the Secretary of State to provide and secure services through a publicly accountable NHS.”

 

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Catherine West
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Hornsey and Wood Green

“Yes, I support the ideas in the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill as proposed by Professor Allyson Pollock.”

 

 

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Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Horsham

“I support this legislation it is vital that we restore the NHS as an accountable public service by reversing many years of privatisation of the NHS. The aims and objectives of the Bill I fully support and will continue to do so.”

 

 

Alan Durrant

Alan Durrant
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Gosport

“I am 100% committed to our NHS and despise the way in which the Coalition Government have set about abolishing the public services including the NHS.  I will support the NHS Reinstatement Bill and will stand up for all public service workers especially the people that work so hard for us in the NHS.”

 

Barrie Fairburn Labour candidate

Barrie Fairburn
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Grantham and Stamford

“I support the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill. The market has no role in the NHS as it leads to inefficiency by fragmentation and fragmentation harms care pathways. The NHS should be state funded state owned and state operated. The NHS is a victim of a byzantine structure , not its ideals.”

 

 

Cat Smith Labour candidateCat Smith
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Lancaster and Fleetwood

“I have read and I support the ideas in the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill, which sets out a clear vision of a NHS true to its founding principles.”

 

 

 

Alex Sobel
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Leeds North West

“At our last conference Labour addressed two key aims of the Campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill 2015 and will:
• reinstate in England the legal duty of the Secretary of State to provide the NHS,
• allow private companies to provide NHS services as an exception, only if the NHS can’t and otherwise people would suffer
 I support the campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill which extends what Labour has already pledged to do, which reinstates the government’s duty to provide key NHS services including hospital and primary care, and sets out the roadmap for a Labour government to reverse the incredible damage of the Health and Social Care Act. If elected, I will support the inclusion of the NHS Reinstatement Bill in the first Queen’s Speech.”

 

Matthew Jason Brown
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Louth and Horncastle

“The NHS is the jewel in the crown of the United Kingdom. A universal health service is the sign of a civilised nation that has compassion towards one another and seeks to ensure that everyone is able to have world class health care regardless of monetary availability. I personally have friends and family who work in the NHS and they tell me how concerned they are about a system that is disjointed and is now putting profit before patient’s as a result of privatisation. The NHS needs to have people at the centre of everything it does. In order to support the dedicated, hardworking and passionate staff that work for the NHS at every level, this bill must be passed.”

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Graeme Currie
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
North Shropshire

“We must all fight to save our NHS. I fully support the NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

 

 

Mike Hill Labour Party Richmond Yorkshire

Mike Hill
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Richmond (Yorks)

“Despite claims by the Tory led Coalition Government that they have protected NHS budgets the Trust which runs the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has to make cuts of over £91 Million over the next three years. The Friarage, which is the main hospital in the Richmond Constituency, has already seen cuts to Maternity Services and there are currently issues around opening hours for the Children’s unit due to staff shortages. Efficiency savings on this scale which have been forced on the NHS will undoubtedly impact on local services, which need protecting, not dismantling; which is why I support the NHS Reinstatement Bill campaign. The Tory agenda for Health puts profits before patient care, Labour will protect and strengthen the NHS.’”

 

Sam Gould
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Romford

“I would be very happy to support the NHS Reinstatement Bill 2015. With a very large hospital in my constituency making the NHS work for patients and not profits is central to my campaign.”

 

 

 

James Moore Labour Party Rutland and Melton


Dr James Moore
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Rutland and Melton

“I support the campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill and believe it should be a key priority for the next Labour government.  We must end the process of marketization and privatization and secure the future of this vital public service.”

 

 

Dr Jane Berney Labour Party candidate Saffron Walden

 
Dr Jane Berney
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Saffron Walden

“I was elected as the MP for Saffron Walden I would support a NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

 

 

Cheryl Pidgeon Labour Party candidate South Derbyshire

Cheryl Pidgeon
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
South Derbyshire

“I am happy to commit backing the NHS Reinstatement Bill if elected. The NHS saved my youngest daughter’s life, and my eldest daughter is a deputy Sister in an adult intensive care unit in Nottingham – I see how hard she works supporting people and saving lives everyday. The state of the NHS under this Government is the only thing that has made her realise how important it is for a Labour Government to get back into power and save the NHS. People’s health before profit everytime.”

 

Huw Jones

Huw Jones
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
South East Cambridgshire

“I fully support the aims of the Campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill 2015 and would urge an incoming Labour government to seize the opportunities of devolution to cities and regions to ensure the NHS can be held accountable by locally elected bodies. The recent history of the NHS is one of fragmentation, increasing involvement by profit driven companies and a lack of accountability. These are trends that we must reverse.”

Huw has started a debate on the NHS Reinstatement Bill on ‘Your Britain’, Labour’s policy hub.

 

George Aylett Labour candidate SW WiltshireGeorge Aylett
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
South West Wiltshire

“The NHS is one of Britain’s greatest achievements, it is one of the fairest, most efficient and cost-effective health systems in world and we must do everything in our power to ensure that our NHS is protected.
I support the NHS Reinstatement Bill.“

 

 

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Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Southend West

“I welcome the principles laid out in the NHS Reinstatement Bill, and if elected MP support legislation to reinstate the Secretary of State’s duty to provide.“

 

 

 

Kate Godfrey
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Stafford

“As Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Stafford, I know what it’s like to always be on the frontline of the Tory NHS privatisation and cuts. In five years we have seen our hospital downgraded, our public health care sold off, a cancer scanner that local people raised money for sold in a deal that became a national scandal, and the biggest privatisation in NHS history introduced. And all of it in Stafford.

I support the campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill, which reinstates the government’s duty to provide key NHS services including hospital and primary care, and sets out the roadmap for a Labour government to reverse five extraordinarily damaging years. If elected, I will work to have the NHS Reinstatement Bill included in our first Queen’s Speech.”

 

Pete Lowe Labour candidate StourbidgePete Lowe
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Stourbridge

“I am a qualified Nurse who has worked at all of our local hospitals. I know that our NHS is the envy of the world and that we need to ensure its protection is priority number 1. I have opposed the use of TTIP in our NHS and when elected would continue to do so. I oppose the widening of private contracts in the NHS. I would fully support legislation, such as the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill, that protected our greatest public asset by maintaining public contracts.”

 

 

Professor Jeff Kenner Labour candidate Statford upon AvonProfessor Jeff Kenner
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Stratford-on-Avon

“I am pleased to give my full support to the NHS Reinstatement Bill. Labour created the NHS. It is the task of the next Labour Government to save it. Labour is committed to reversing the privatisation of the NHS. It is also my personal commitment as Labour candidate for Stratford-on-Avon to oppose NHS privatisation. “

 

 

David Drew Labour party candidate StroudDavid Drew
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Stroud

“I am delighted to support the NHS Reinstatement Bill to renationalise the NHS, our most treasured national asset, and to make sure that we get rid of the dreadful Health and Social Care Act.“

 

 

Alan AveryAlan Avery
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Thirsk and Malton

“Such a Bill would get my full support.“

 

 

 

 

Stuart Roden Labour candidateStuart Roden
Labour, parliamentary candidate,
Truro and Falmouth

“I fully support the NHS reinstatement Bill 2015.We need to dismantle the internal market which has been deeply damaging to the NHS and to integrate health and social care as a matter of utmost priority. The ultimate responsibility for the NHS must rest with the secretary of state and we must all work together to reinstate the currently fragmented health and social care provision in the UK.”

 

And also:
  • Gareth Thomas, Labour parliamentary candidate for Clwyd West.
  • Ricky Henderson, Labour parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh South West
  • Amran Hussain, Labour parliamentary candidate for North East Hampshire

 

John McDonnell MP supports the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill

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Liberal Democract MPs and candidates supporting the NHS Reinstatement Bill

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Thousands of people have been contacting their MPs and parliamentary candidates asking them to support the campaign for the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.

On 11th March 2015, Andrew George MP (Liberal Democrat, St Ives) co-sponsored the National Health Service Bill – the NHS Bill – when it was tabled in the House of Commons. The NHS Bill was based on the second version of the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

John Pugh MP (Liberal Democrat, Southport) also supported the presentation of the NHS Bill.

John Leech MP (Manchester, Withington) has also stated his support for the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

Below are the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates that have stated their support for the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

Michael Mullaney, Liberal Democrat candidate, Bosworth

Mike Plummer Lib Dem Bournemouth WestMike Plummer
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Bournemouth West

“Regardless of whether or not I’m elected to Parliament I will fight to reverse all privatisation of the NHS. I would also support any proposed increases in funding to ensure the NHS continues to offer the world-class service that it always has, does and must continue in the future.”

 

 

Stephen Worrall Lib Dem candidates High Peak copyStephen Worrall
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
High Peak

“I am indeed willing to support inclusion of a bill, in the first Queen’s Speech after the election, that would go a long way to reversing the large amounts of marketisation in the NHS that we have seen over the past quarter of a century. I am also fully behind the restoration of the NHS in England as an accountable public service as in my opinion that is what it should be.”

 

Robin McGhee Liberal Democrat candidate KensingtonRobin McGhee
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Kensington

“I think the NHS should be run by the public sector, not private companies. When it is public, that means the public has more say in how it is run. It is also more efficient, and very often a good deal cheaper in the long run. I would be happy to support a bill like this in principle.”

 

 

Gerald Vernon JacksonGerald Vernon-Jackson
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Portsmouth South

“This is a campaign I completely agree with.”

 

 

 

Chris Foote Wood Liberal Democrat candidate, Richmond (Yorks)Chris Foote-Wood
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Richmond (Yorks)

“I fully support the principles of the NHS Reinstatement Bill.

(a) I am and have always been opposed to PFI deals as they are costly, wasteful and provide extra and easy profits for contractors;
(b) I am opposed to competition within the NHS as I do not think it is appropriate in any way;
(c) I am opposed to any further privatisation of the NHS and would seek to reverse this.”

 

 

Bob Johnston LibDem RushcliffeBob Johnston
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Rushcliffe

“I am happy to support this campaign”

 

 

 

 

Keith Nevols
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Sittingbourne and Sheppey

“‘I support the general principle of the Bill. Few subjects are as precious to people than our National Health Service which must always remain free and obtainable as its most important principles. However, the NHS is too important to be just another political topic, and we have seen that no party has the solution to its current problems. So, while it should remain accountable to the taxpayer, I would like to see all-party representatives and independent experts get together to establish how the NHS can survive in the 21st century.”

Trevor Carbin Liberal Democrats South West WiltshireTrevor Carbin
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
South West Wiltshire

“I support the principle behind the proposal of restoring the NHS by making a clearly a public service that people could take pride in working for, and would be happy to support something along the lines of the NHS Reinstatement Bill.”

 

 

 

Peter Reisdorf Liberal Democrat candidate Wirral WestPeter Reisdorf
Liberal Democrat, parliamentary candidate,
Wirral West

“I totally support the NHS Reinstatement Bill.  It would put right a lot of the things that have gone wrong in the NHS over the past 10 years or more.”

 

 

 

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UKIP prospective candidates supporting NHS Reinstatement Bill

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Thousands of people have been contacting their MPs and parliamentary candidates asking them to support the campaign for the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.

As a result, we have received some statements of support from UKIP candidates, see below.

Have you contacted your candidates yet? Please remember to let us know their responses, email us at info@nhsbill2015.org

Peter Bush UKIP candidate AbervonPeter Bush
UKIP parliamentary candidate,
Aberavon

“I have been employed by the NHS, as have my family for many years, and for a period of time was also Young Members Officer for UNISON within our health branch. I feel it is a dire state of affairs that our NHS is being privatised without ever asking for permission from the people who have built it up and pay for the NHS. It is our NHS and should always stay that way. Everyone should receive treatment according to their needs and not be afraid of how to pay for that treatment or delay receiving treatment due to financial concerns. I completely support this NHS Reinstatement Bill as does the UKIP Party within their NHS policies.”

 

Mike Glennon
UKIP parliamentary candidate,
East Worthing and Shoreham

“I can assure you from the bottom of my heart that I would support a return to the essentials of the NHS as I knew it throughout my earlier life.  Rest assured that UKIP would clamp down on the undermining forces that are destroying our NHS.”

 

 

Richard Palmer
UKIP parliamentary candidate,
Sittingbourne and Sheppey

“I was employed in the NHS for nearly 12 years, serving as a NHS trained paramedic and for a few years I was shop steward with The Confederation of Health Service Employees and later Unison. I feel it is sad that nearly 75% of the NHS has been privatised without ever seeking the permission of the people who cherish it and pay for the NHS. It is our NHS and should stay that way. Everyone should receive treatment according a clinical need not on the ability to pay. Personally I feel we need an open and honest public debate on what services the NHS should be providing. I would support a return of essential services back into the NHS.”

 

Marcus John Brown
UKIP parliamentary candidate,
Sutton Coldfield

“The proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill has my full support. Not only is it my own personal philosophy but it is also UKIP party policy to support an NHS that is free at the point of entry and oppose any attempt at privatisation. I have previously supported all other campaigns to save the NHS and protect Good Hope. I was born there and I feel an affinity and loyalty towards it.”

 

 

Stuart Adair UKIP candidate TewkesburyStuart Adair
UKIP parliamentary candidate,
Tewkesbury

“ I think our views align perfectly. I very much hope that I am in the position to be able to support this campaign after the election.”

 

 

 

 

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Roger Godsiff MP supports the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill

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Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green is backing the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill.

“I entirely support the campaign to return the NHS to public hands. Our health service should be run as a public service that protects people’s health, not as a cash cow for private companies to skim off profits. The voices of UK citizens have been loud and clear on this – they want their health service to remain public and accountable. The Government needs to start listening.”

Roger Godsiff MP, October 2014

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