Sentences with phrase «labour health minister»

But last night a former Labour health minister accused his party leadership of scaremongering and risking patient care.

The Welsh Labour Health Minister's response revealed the true scale of the issue.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have said that the Welsh ambulance services are «in crisis» as figures published today show yet another decline in ambulance response times, despite pledges by the Welsh Labour Health Minister to improve the service in three months.

Ask Andrew Lansley's aides what the reforms of the NHS are about and they say it's Milburn - plus, in honour of the Labour health minister's role in bringing the private sector into the provision of services.

Not exact matches

Earlier in the week, health and labour leaders wrote a letter urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pull Morneau from the national pharmacare file over comments he made the morning after his budget announced the council's formation.

In December, labour minister Yasir Naqvi announced changes to labour legislation that would bring unpaid workers under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and boost workplace inspections this spring.

«This powerful intervention from doctors and health professionals underlines the compelling case for protecting children from smoking in cars,» Labour shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said.

Speaking at prime ministers question time yesterday Mr Cameron denied Labour leader Ed Miliband's contention that the British Medical Association, the Royal College of GPs and the Royal College of Midwives had rejected the health and social care bill.

The Health Minister designate also pledged to engage labour union within the health sector to amicably address their concerns and where need be propose at least six months within which time issues that may arise will be dealtHealth Minister designate also pledged to engage labour union within the health sector to amicably address their concerns and where need be propose at least six months within which time issues that may arise will be dealthealth sector to amicably address their concerns and where need be propose at least six months within which time issues that may arise will be dealt with.

He is married to Scottish Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP with a young daughter, Morag Louise, and lives in the constituency where he was elected as MP for Dundee East on 5 May 2005, taking the seat from Labour.

The concern about the neglect of the English issue was echoed by Jamie Reed, the shadow health minister who wrote in Progress magazine: «It is in the peripheral areas outside of our major conurbations all over England where the next Labour government must concentrate its efforts.»

Former Conservative health minister Nicola Blackwood is to become a senior adviser at Global Counsel, the PR and lobbying firm set up by new Labour architect Peter Mandelson.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Paula Sherriff MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care writes on PoliticsHome for the need for greater attention to women and girls mental hHealth Awareness Week, Paula Sherriff MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care writes on PoliticsHome for the need for greater attention to women and girls mental hHealth and Social Care writes on PoliticsHome for the need for greater attention to women and girls mental healthhealth.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Paula Sherriff MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care writes on PoliticsHome for...

Wabba said that the Minister of State for Health was contradicting the decision of the FEC on whistle blowers with removal of the names of 200 workers who sympathised with the organised Labour from the payroll.

The Joint Health Sector Unions has suspended its strike «in principle» following a meeting with the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Prof. Stephen Ocheni, on Saturday in Abuja.

The minister disclosed that a standing committee comprising the Ministry of Health, unions in the health sector, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ministry of Labour and Employment would be put in place to look at critical issues in the health sHealth, unions in the health sector, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ministry of Labour and Employment would be put in place to look at critical issues in the health shealth sector, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ministry of Labour and Employment would be put in place to look at critical issues in the health shealth sector.

The Labour shadow health minister said the party was danger of entering into a «downward spiral» with the Tories on immigration, after Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby joined David Cameron's team.

That was a reference to the then health secretary Patricia Hewitt who had repeatedly called Scotland's Labour first minister between 2001 and 2007 Jack McDonnell instead of Jack McConnell.

Criticism of Labour's record of running public services, namely health and education, is a regular feature of Prime Minister's Question time and other parliamentary debates.

The senior Labour MP also accused the prime minister of prioritising greater immigration controls over the health of the UK economy as she headed towards triggering Brexit early next year.

[44][45][46] To this day, most people in the United Kingdom see the 1948 creation of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) under health minister Aneurin Bevan, which gave publicly funded medical treatment for all, as Labour's proudest achievHealth Service (NHS) under health minister Aneurin Bevan, which gave publicly funded medical treatment for all, as Labour's proudest achievhealth minister Aneurin Bevan, which gave publicly funded medical treatment for all, as Labour's proudest achievement.

Carwyn Jones has been an outstanding leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister for more than 8 years, and I was his colleague and Minister in his Government for 15 years, securing pioneering legislation in housing, social services, health, trade union rights and the environment.

Welsh Liberal Democrats are leading the fight against Labour's illiberal ban, and unless the Minister brings forward indisputable evidence and makes a clear public health case in favour of a ban we will not let up our fight.»

The Committee, which is chaired by the Minister for Planning, Prof. Gyan Baffuor, has the Ministers for Trade and Industry; Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Finance; Food and Agriculture; Attorney General; Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation; Monitoring and Evaluation; Education; Health; Sanitation and Water Resources; Local Government and Rural Development; Gender, Children and Social Protection; Employment and Labour Relations; and Fisheries and Aquaculture as members.

Andy Burnham replied that as a junior Health minister he had taken previous legislation on this area through parliament, but he said that Labour did not go far enough in linking social care up with pain management or enshrining in the NHS constitution that patients can choose where they want to die.

On health — on education — on the economy — the evidence is clear; Wales continues to fall behind and Labour ministers have no answers.

A health minister blamed contracts between the last Labour government and doctors for a lack of some 24 - hour services in the NHS.

Welsh Liberal Democrats want to start from scratch with new health watchdog that's completely independent of meddling by Labour ministers, properly resourced and able to do its job without fear of repercussions.

On 8 October 2013, Abbott was sacked as shadow public health minister in a reshuffle by Labour leader Ed Miliband, [29] and replaced as Shadow Public Health Minister by Luciana Bhealth minister in a reshuffle by Labour leader Ed Miliband, [29] and replaced as Shadow Public Health Minister by Lucianaminister in a reshuffle by Labour leader Ed Miliband, [29] and replaced as Shadow Public Health Minister by Luciana BHealth Minister by LucianaMinister by Luciana Berger.

David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham since 2000, is now higher education minister after a difficult start as a health minister.

Andrew Gwynne, Labour's shadow health minister has said that the government is out of touch with the «immediate care crisis», hoping that the coalition will engage in cross party talks such that a proper agreement is made.

In April 2016, Conservative MPs Kelly Tolhurst and William Wragg, Labour MP and Chair of the Britain - Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group Richard Burden and former Minister of State in the Department of Health and Crossbench Peer, Lord Warner visited the West Bank on a Caabu and Medical Aid for Palestinians delegation.

Her lead role on the health portfolio will be taken over by Lord Hunt, a former minister in several departments under the previous Labour government, now shadow deputy leader of the upper house and Labour's spokesman on Lords reform.

«It is an insult to the people who work in the health service, it is an insult to the people who use it and the prime minister should be ashamed of the way he is running the NHS, the proudest institution of Britain,» the Labour leader said.

After one Labour MP piped up to point out Cameron's mother's signature on a petition not to cut local health services in Oxfordshire, the prime minister hit back:

«Labour's leviathan has grown so large that health quangos alone now cost around # 1.2 billion a year, employing 25,000 people and with 24 quango chiefs being paid more the prime minister,» he said.

According to HuffPost UK, the shadow health minister will now be hauled in to face the shadow chief whip and Labour Lords leader Baroness Smith for a «discussion» on the matter.

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has thrown his support behind Andy Burnham in the race to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader and compared the former health secretary to former Prime Minister Tonminister John Prescott has thrown his support behind Andy Burnham in the race to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader and compared the former health secretary to former Prime Minister TonMinister Tony Blair.

She has played a big role in Labour opposition to the health and social care bill, infuriating the health minister, Simon Burns, with her tweeting tactics.

Labour MP for Copeland Jamie Reed quit last as a Shadow health minister last year one minute into Corbyn's victory speech.

A Conservative health spokeswoman has said there was «overwhelming evidence that Labour ministers leant on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) watchdog» to «tone down and cover up NHS failure for political purposes».

The health minister, Simon Burns, accused Labour of stooping to a new low of political opportunism today after it claimed the government had cut a routine flu vaccination for under - fives.

Lamb leads a cross-party group of Lib Dem, Labour and Conservative MPs, including the chair of the health select committee, Sarah Wollaston, who recently met the prime minister and pressed her to put the funding of the NHS and social care on a more sustainable footing.

That attack came back to haunt her after Labour won the 1997 election when, as minister for public health, she was forced by Tony Blair to allow tobacco advertising to continue in Formula One motor - racing.

The former shadow health minister Jamie Reed told the Sunday Times (#): «The vast majority of Labour MPs are keen to listen to and represent the ambitions and views of Labour voters and ex-voters.

The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor - Awuah, has indicated that his Ministry is developing an Occupational Health and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public sHealth and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public shealth and safety issues at workplaces and public spaces.

Diane Abbott, a prominent Labour MP and former shadow health minister, said the figures were crucial in showing that Labour would win next year.

As a consequence, Labour's plans to borrow an additional # 50bn over the course of the parliament were derided by coalition ministers as irresponsible and potentially ruinous to our economic health.

Nye Bevan [the minister of health responsible for the formation of the NHS] resigned over the introduction of charges in 1951, pitching Labour into a factional fight which lasted decades.