Sir, the States gave its unanimous support to our Partnership of Purpose policy letter almost one year ago to the day and we have been making great progress. This set out the future of heath and care services for the Bailiwick and as we reach its first anniversary, I wanted…
I made this speech in the debate on a requete laid to bring in all NICE approved drugs and treatments. I laid an amendment on behalf of HSC to ensure that such a decision was not made without a proper evidence-based review as we knew the costs would be considerable…
The speech I made in the general debate on the budget. Sir, As is customary will begin by commenting on the budget in so far as it affects HSC and then speak more generally. The headline summary of HSCs submission does not reflect the wide range of challenges and considerations…
I made this speech in this debate on non-contributory benefits. I do welcome this amendment as I do the increases in benefits limitation. When we approved the benefits changes it was sold partly on the fact that it would bring more people into income support, which would mean they would…
I made this speech in the debate on the annual report of the contributory benefit scheme. I’d just like to pick up on the aspects that overlap the mandate of HSC and in particular the resolutions arising from our Partnership of Purpose policy letter. As acknowledged in this report, the…
Sir, I made my last statement at the same meeting we debated our Partnership of Purpose policy letter and since then work has happened at pace. I covered much of this during the P&R debate, so I won’t focus specifically on those transformational workstreams today, other than to say we…
Sir, my statement today is intended to update members and the community generally on what has been happening in Health and Social Care since my last statement and our plans for the coming months. I apologise in advance that, because we have managed to get our policy letter on the…
I made this speech during Phase 1 of the Policy & Resource Plan. Sir, I can’t say that the thought of developing CHSCs P&R plan gave me a warm feeling inside. Our overriding purpose over this term is to lay the foundations for the transformation of health and social care…
Sir, Following my speech yesterday in relation to the 2015 results for HSSD, my statement today will cover the situation for this year, the immediate action being taken and, on the back of the President of Policy & Resources’ speech earlier, set out what transformation means for Health and Social…
I made this speech in main debate on the Policy & Resource Plan in relation to the priorities for Health and Social Care. Sir, I’m not going to repeat all the aspects that relate to HSC in this plan but there are few over-arching comments I wish to make. Firstly,…