Speeches by Smyth.

“HB69 A coalition of six homelessness charities: St. Mungo’s, Homeless Link, Groundswell, Single Homeless Project, Crisis and Pathway”

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“HB68 Henry Burkitt, Managing Director, Oxygen Strategy (re: clause 58 (NICE compliance period))”

“HB67 Healthwatch England (supplementary submission)”

“HB66 Sickle Cell Society”

“HB65 Association of Anaesthetists”

“HB64 Dr Mary Guy, Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin”

“HB63 Nuffield Trust”

“Clause 1 formally abolishes NHS England as a statutory body, which is one of the key aims of the Bill. The current structure, with its two centres, has led to layers of unnecessary bureaucracy, duplication and unclear lines of accountability, and has come with significant cost, with the centre growing significantly in …”

“This is an interesting point, and it is always helpful to have one’s comments put back to one. I am happy to come back to this again. I ask my question again: do the Opposition oppose the abolition of NHS England? I do not think the Opposition oppose the abolition; they think it is the right thing to do. I appreciate t…”

“Sorry, I know that was not an intervention.”

“I am happy to come back to it.”

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“On resuming—”

“Sitting suspended for Divisions in the House.”

“I am a member of the Managers in Partnership trade union, which is giving evidence this afternoon.”

“Q As you outlined in your review, there are 150 organisations in this area. How do you see the new patient experience directorate in the Department working to give confidence in this area and to try to make sense of some of that and improve it? Dr Dash: One of the things that I observed when I was doing the review, and…”

“Q Accepting what you have said about delays with staff—we absolutely recognise that—do you think that the abolition of NHS England is the right thing to do? Sarah Woolnough: As an organisation, we have taken the view that we would not necessarily relitigate the decision. I think you can argue it both ways. I understand…”

“Q Sarah, I think you described the single patient record as “genuinely transformative”, and National Voices has also been really supportive of it. How critical do you think it is that we grasp that opportunity? Sarah Woolnough: It is a major opportunity. If they feel they have trust in the system, patients are generall…”

“Q Finally from me, you highlighted your 15 years in the patient voice landscape. We could discuss at length whether you think that is going well and whether the situation that we inherited was a good one. What needs to happen to give patients confidence that the new system will be better? Jacob Lant: There are three th…”