Below is my recent communication with my MP, who obviously believes that the hundreds of thousands of us that have signed petitions are wrong, and to be ignored! What action you take is your choice, I will take mine at the next election! Dear MP, Once again, I feel that you are not listening, or at least acting on what your constituents are saying, this is why it will have to be addressed at the ballot box in May! Regards Martin S Wolfe On 26 Nov 2014, at 16:58, STEWART, Iain wrote: Dear constituent, Thank you for contacting me about National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill. While I respect the sincerity of your point of view, I believe that the proposed Bill would be an unnecessary upheaval and would take our NHS backwards. I am absolutely committed to the founding principles of the NHS; that care is free at the point of use based on need, not on the ability to pay. I know Ministers share this view and the Health and Social Care Act does nothing to change this. It will not privatise the NHS. The Government rightly undertook reforms to strengthen the NHS, investing an extra £12.7 billion in the service. There are 850,000 more operations being delivered each year compared to 2010 and there are thousands of more doctors and nurses. I am also proud that the Prime Minister has promised to continue this investment in the next Parliament. This will mean spending on the NHS will rise in every year in real-terms. I believe giving local doctors the power to make decisions about who provides local NHS services was an important step forward. Local doctors know their patients best and are already improving patient care up and down the country through their Clinical Commissioning Groups. But the Government has always been clear that Ministers are ultimately responsible for the performance of the NHS. The NHS and its doctors are clear that choice and competition are important tools to deliver high quality care for patients. That is why the previous Labour Government introduced competition and the private sector. When Labour left office, private providers delivered five per cent of NHS services and after four years of the Coalition Government this has increased to just six per cent. Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. Kind regards, Iain Iain Stewart MP Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SW1A 0AA Tel: 01908 686830 UK Parliament Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.
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