Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir Mike Penning called for NHS Trust management - many of whom earn more than the Prime Minister - to be accountable to the people they serve.
Sir Mike Penning backs the Government’s new tax levy to enable the NHS to tackle the backlog and provide a new, permanent way to pay for reforms to social care. He said it has been kicked down to the road for far too long and, whilst not perfect, is the best available solution to tackle the problem.
Sir Mike Penning asks how it is that, despite the law having been changed, the medical profession can still prevent children who have the very rare form of epilepsy resulting in hundreds of seizures a day from obtaining medicinal cannabis on prescription.
Sir Mike Penning speaks in the Second the Building Safety Bill and calls on the Government to take this opportunity to address the problems facing all leaseholders who have had to pay for additional fire safety measures, irrespective of whether these are cladding-related.
Following the Government’s written response to the recommendations made in its own report, the Cumberlege Review, into Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, Sir Mike Penning calls on the relevant Minister to appear before the House of Commons to enable scrutiny by MPs on the response and the lack of compensation for victims.
At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, Sir Mike Penning secures a commitment from the PM for a high-level meeting with the Department of Health to resolve ongoing problems in securing access to prescribed medical use of cannabis for the seriously ill children who need it.
Sir Mike Penning MP has welcomed the Cumberlege report which has concluded that both the state and the drug manufacturer have “an ethical responsibility” to fund the costs of care for the victims of the 1970s Primodos scandal.