Parliamentary Activity

Morecambe Bay Investigation — 33 mentions in Parliament since Apr 2016

Written Question Commons
11 Feb 2020
NHS: Disclosure of Information
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what step has his department taken to introduce a clear national policy on whistleblowing

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Government has established an independent National Guardian to help drive positive cultural change across the National Health Service so that speaking up becomes business as usual. The National Guardian oversees a network of over 500 Local Guardians c... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
11 Feb 2020
Neonatal Mortality and Perinatal Mortality
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled, The Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, published in March 2015, what steps he has taken to extend the medical examiners system to (a) stillbirths and

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care Medical examiners will scrutinise all non-coronial deaths and ensure the right deaths are referred to coroners. This includes neonatal deaths. We remain committed to establishing a statutory system in the National Health Service, that will scrutinise all ... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
11 Feb 2020
Midwives
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to reform the Local Supervising Authority system for

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care Both the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s and Dr Bill Kirkup’s reports following Morecambe Bay were critical of the Local Supervising Authority system provided for in legislation for midwives.The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017 se... Read full answer →
Early Day Motion Commons
27 Mar 2018
KENDAL LYMPHOLOGY CENTRE

That this House notes that over 240,000 people in the UK are living with lymphoedema; recognises lymphoedema as a serious and debilitating illness which has a huge impact on patients' lives, which if not properly treated can lead to traumatic complications such as limb amputations; congratulates the specially trained staff at the Kendal Lymphology Centre for the excellent support they give to patients in the area who are diagnosed with lymphoedema; further notes that the centre in Kendal is a...

Early Day Motion Commons
08 Feb 2017
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS TRUST

That this House notes that on 9 February 2017, the Care Quality Commission rated the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust as Good overall; further notes that the Trust was rated Outstanding for caring; congratulates the Chief Executive, Jackie Daniel, and every member of staff in the Trust who have been dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care and to ensuring that the hospitals they work in are some of the best in the country.

Early Day Motion Commons
25 Apr 2016
MORECAMBE BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL SPACE PROJECT

That this House congratulates the pupils and staff of Morecambe Bay Primary School for designing a physics project which sent a toy dog, Sam, into space; notes that the school worked with English Lakes Hotels and Sentintospace.com to use helium balloons to send Sam, GPS tracking equipment and a GoPro camera into space; further notes that Sam rose at six metres per second and reached an altitude of over 25km above Earth; and further hopes that Sam is found and returned to the school after bein...

Written Question Commons
22 Apr 2016
Midwives
Louise Haigh Labour → Department of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015, HCWS113, on Publication of Learning not Blaming and Review of NHS Leadership, what plans he has for a reporting mechanism to replace Local Supervising Authorities

Government answer
Department of Health In the ‘Learning not blaming: The government response to Freedom to Speak Up, the Public Administration Select Committee report on clinical incidents, and the Morecambe Bay Investigation’, the Government accepted the recommendation to remove the Nursing a... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
22 Apr 2016
Midwives
Louise Haigh Labour → Department of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement to the House of 16 July 2015, HCWS113, on Publication of Learning not Blaming and Review of NHS Leadership, what assessment he has made of the consistency of the abolition of the

Government answer
Department of Health In the ‘Learning not blaming: The government response to Freedom to Speak Up, the Public Administration Select Committee report on clinical incidents, and the Morecambe Bay Investigation’, the Government accepted the recommendation to remove the Nursing a... Read full answer →