Patricia Hewitt
Patricia Hewitt
Patricia Hope Hewittis a Labour politician, who served in the Cabinet until 2007, most recently as Secretary of State for Health...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 December 1948
party alps centre
And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.
lying needs development
And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour will need to make at the national level too.
care today generations
As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.
frustration voters needs
But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.
winning people election
Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
real liberty biometrics
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric test.
pain party years
We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.
perfect people challenges
People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but they've had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that.
decision leader complacency
Business leaders must not cling to old ways of doing business, or allow inertia or complacency to prevent them from making the decisions that they will eventually be forced to make.
care needs modern
A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
avoid business efforts notices order rover
in order to avoid the issuing of redundancy notices at Rover while efforts are made to keep the business together.
ban bill cover enclosed health include percent places public smoking
The Health Bill will include a ban on smoking in enclosed workplaces and public places which will cover 99 percent of the workforce,
against interest merger public
The merger would be against the public interest and should be prohibited,