Paul Burstow MP

Representing Belmont, Cheam, Stoneleigh, Sutton and Worcester Park

Paul in Parliament

Paul has enjoyed an active Parliamentary Career. His posts held include:

Paul Speaking in Parliament
  • Spokesman for Older People, 1997-2003

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Health, 2003-2005

  • London, Non-Departmental & Cross Departmental Responsibilities, 2005-2006

  • Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, 2006-2010

  • Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee, 2006-2008

  • Paul is currently Minister for Health (Care Services), 2010-present

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Paul Burstow in Parliament




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20 Most Recent Stories From Paul Burstow's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Wed 8th Sep 2010:

I will look into that. My view is that we need far more transparency when it comes to such issues, so that people can make comparisons of the performance of their local organisations and hold...

My hon. Friend is right, and I certainly pay tribute to him for his work as chair of the all-party group on diabetes. He has been a powerful advocate on these issues for many years. I applaud...

I will both consider it and hopefully have the opportunity to come back in next week's debate and say a little more about it.

I am grateful for that point. I will say a little about guidelines in a moment, because good news is on the way in that regard. I was talking about the public health role of local authorities...

I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz) for taking the opportunity to apply for this debate, and congratulate him on his good fortune in securing it. It follows on...

Suicide, attempted suicide and intentional self-harm are almost always symptoms of a complex mix of problems like mental illness, personality disorder, social exclusion and poverty. Reducing them...

The requested information is not collected centrally.

Psychological therapy services are organised at a local level and commissioners in primary care trusts (PCTs) determine their provision. They have a duty to consider the level of local need,...

The Department is committed to ensuring that patients have the information they need to make choices and to take greater control of making decisions about their care and well-being. Information...

The eligibility criteria for continuing healthcare, published in National Framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care July 2009, were revised following a review process...

Tue 7th Sep 2010:

The Government have not proposed merging adult social care and health provision, although our White Paper, "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS" does propose a new function for local...

Information on the number of people diagnosed with motor neurone disease is not collected. However, the National Framework for Long-term neurological Conditions (the NSF) estimates that around...

To support general practitioner (GP) consortia in their commissioning decisions, we will create an independent NHS Commissioning Board. The board will provide leadership for quality improvement...

Statistics on emergency hospital readmissions rates for epilepsy are not routinely produced. The hospital episodes statistics database contains information about admissions to hospital from which...

No patient details are recorded when a prescription is processed. It is therefore not possible to say how many patients receiving a prescription for an anti-psychotic drug have a diagnosis of...

The information is not held in the format requested. The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) gives the numbers of patients on the dementia disease register for the financial years 2006-07 to...

The National Clinical Director for dementia is leading the work to implement the recommendations made by Professor Sube Banerjee in his report into the use of anti-psychotic medicines, which was...

The Department anticipates that the national audit of dementia services will be available in October 2010. The format and how the results will be published is yet to be decided.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) regularly reviews its published guidance. We understand that NICE is currently reviewing its clinical guideline on chronic fatigue...

This Government have retained cancer waiting time targets. We are currently consulting on a new Outcomes Framework for the national health service, which will increase transparency and...

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