Banbury MP calls for national standards for hospitals

7:00pm Thursday 14th February 2013 in News

MP Sir Tony Baldry MP Sir Tony Baldry

BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry said public confusion over what hospitals can offer could present a risk to life.

During a debate on emergency services in Parliament he called for national standards to be introduced to give clarity.

Sir Tony, left, said: “We need total clarity about what people can expect from major trauma units, and what is meant by the terms “accident and emergency department”, “urgent care centre” and “major injuries unit”.

“We could then be confident about the protocols that the ambulance services use – when they are dealing with major road accidents on the M40, for example – and patients, GPs and people generally in my constituency would know what to expect from the accident and emergency services in Banbury, and when it would be more appropriate for them to be directed to the major trauma unit at the JR in Oxford.

“People would also be clearer about when they ought not to be bothering A&E but should be going to see their GP.”

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7:30pm Thu 14 Feb 13

Feelingsmatter says...

So much talk, so many silly new names, so little money. I think that about sums it up.
So much talk, so many silly new names, so little money. I think that about sums it up. Feelingsmatter

12:18am Fri 15 Feb 13

Myron Blatz says...

Think we used to have a world-famous NHS with excellent standards, before Thatcher and her Tory 'privateers' started mucking around with our healrh services, and subsequently made worse by 13 years of neo-Tory rule by Blair's 'New Labour' before Gordon Brown, Ed Balls and all the others got kicked out of Government! This,especially, withe regard to years and years of cost-cutting by various governments, and the closure of many local hospitals, and reliance upon a hansful of 'super hospitals' in each region (such as the JR) which have simply become overloaded and overwhelmed. Something also has to be done about increasing beds and medical staff, while reducing the admin and management employee levels which became over-bloated under Labour.
Think we used to have a world-famous NHS with excellent standards, before Thatcher and her Tory 'privateers' started mucking around with our healrh services, and subsequently made worse by 13 years of neo-Tory rule by Blair's 'New Labour' before Gordon Brown, Ed Balls and all the others got kicked out of Government! This,especially, withe regard to years and years of cost-cutting by various governments, and the closure of many local hospitals, and reliance upon a hansful of 'super hospitals' in each region (such as the JR) which have simply become overloaded and overwhelmed. Something also has to be done about increasing beds and medical staff, while reducing the admin and management employee levels which became over-bloated under Labour. Myron Blatz

8:46am Fri 15 Feb 13

Sandy Wimpole-Smythe says...

Sir Tony, left, said: “We need total clarity about what people can expect from major trauma units, and what is meant by the terms “accident and emergency department”, “urgent care centre” and “major injuries unit”.


So much easier to offer something for sale as a job lot if it is standardised, hey Tony.
Sir Tony, left, said: “We need total clarity about what people can expect from major trauma units, and what is meant by the terms “accident and emergency department”, “urgent care centre” and “major injuries unit”. So much easier to offer something for sale as a job lot if it is standardised, hey Tony. Sandy Wimpole-Smythe

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