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
again information pass patients people rather services suits trying work
We are trying to find out what patients need, rather than what it suits us to provide. And the people are saying: 'We want services to work together.' They ask: 'Why do I have to tell my story over and over again to different people; why can't I see the same person, or if that's not possible, why can't they pass the information on to other people.'
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I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms.
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So there clearly is a sense in which the Labour Party here, certainly at State level is reaching out and connecting with people and reflecting the aspirations and needs of, you know the mass of ordinary Australians.
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We want to ask people how services can more effectively promote good health, as well as treat disease, and how we can empower people to have more say in the care they receive in the community and their homes.
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Although people are very happy with the service they receive from their GP, they are less happy with access and convenience. Patients are telling us with the health service, you either see your GP or, out-of-hours, go to accident and emergency. We need to make sure that GP surgeries become more accessible.
thinking people community
I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.
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.
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.
areas hope
I very much hope entrepreneurial GPs from neighbouring areas may want to expand,
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I suppose the one very striking thing, you know, to a British observer is the fact that Labour is in power in every State in Australia.
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Many of us would have liked to go that little bit further and faster.
commitment extending
Extending prescribing responsibilities is an important part of our commitment to modernize the NHS,