Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What progress his Department has made on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.”
Tabled: 9 January 2019Answered: 15 January 2019
Asked by
Wes Streeting
Labour — Ilford North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
I am deeply sorry to hear about the case that my hon. Friend raises. We are the party of the NHS, and we will always fight to ensure that it remains free at the point of use. We inherited an NHS on its knees, but we are seeing progress: waiting lists are down; patient satisfaction is improving; and we have the best ambulance response times for half a decade. There is much more to do, but we are delivering the investment that is needed—and it was opposed by who? The Tories and the now departed Reform Members.