Health Care In The North East

EDM number 2285 in 2007-08, proposed by David Anderson on 17/10/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

That this House praises the quality of care administered by the NHS in the North East, according to ratings released by the independent NHS regulator, the Healthcare Commission; notes that every single hospital and mental health trust in the region, as well as the ambulance service, is rated either excellent or good for quality, giving by far the highest score in the country, with 84 per cent. of primary care trusts achieving this compared to just 33 per cent. nationally; further notes that 17 of the 23 NHS organisations in the North East are also rated excellent or good for use of resources, the best performing of any region in the country; acknowledges that this is the second consecutive year that the North East has received the honour of the best NHS performance in the country; praises the NHS and its 77,000 staff in the North East for providing results this year that were better than those of last year; and hopes other regions will follow the example set by the North East.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.