it is damaging for her because obviously the strained relationship she has with stephen —— simon stevensa transactional arrangement of number10 at the as a transactional arrangement of number 10 at the moment in a way he didn't have under george osborne. he has kept out of the dark. before christmas theresa may said as head of the nhs you are personally responsible for ensuring we get through this winter. every statement ever made by her on the nhs contributes to this slightly bizarre strained transactional relationship that these two have. it probably paid for a politically today to apologise but labour will jump paid for a politically today to apologise but labour willjump on this and called for more money to be put into the nhs. problems in the nhs, the education system. the times front page, crisis in teacher recruitment as applications have fallen by a third. that is a big drop? yes, concerns are apparently around classroom stress —— stress and accountability. and confusion about routes into the profession. that is very strange. classroom stress i can understand. accountability and

what simon stevens has said is happening is that, over the past three years, the highest cancer survivalver, and latest figures show an estimated 7000 more people surviving cancer, after successful nhs cancer treatment compared to three years prior. with record funding, our nhs is doing more than ever, but when the uk is in the bottom third of countries for heart attack deaths, when we have significantly worse survival for strokes than france and germany, and when our closest match for cancer survival is chile and poland, isn't it time to act across this house, back this week by the centre for policy studies, to establish a royal commission on health and social care, in the 70th anniversary year of our most cherished national institution? my honourable friend is right that we need to continue to look at the nhs and ensure that we are continuing to improve the performance in a variety of areas. and the nhs remained firmly on the agenda on wednesday afternoon when labour used an opposition debate to highlight the strain winter was placing on the health service. this is notjust a winter cri

simon stevens of the national health service made clear mental health spending has gone up both in real terms and as a proportion of the overall spending and now apologized for that. >> the prime minister knows full well that the budgets have been rated and many people who need help are not getting that help. mister speaker, we saw on itv news the other night nurses are spending their entire shift treating people in carparks because of backed up ambulances. we know his prime minister recognizing there is a crisis in our nhs because wanted to help the secretary last week. if the nhs is so well resourced and so well prepared why was the decision taken last week to cancel the operations of 55,000 patients in the month of january? >> i say to the right honorable gentlemen, the front bench, the labour party apologized, actually if people listen to the answer i gave to the right honorable friend leader of the opposition i say i already apologized to those whose operations have been delayed and made sure those operations are reinstated as soon as possible, putting record funding into the nhs a

again, what simon stevens has said is happening with relation to this is that over the past -- years, the highest cancer the highest cancer survival rates ever. more people are surviving it. especially after successful nhs treatment compared to three years prior. diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers than in 2010. we are putting in the funding. speaker, with record funding our nhs is doing more than ever. is in thethe uk bottom third of the world for heart attack deaths, when we have significantly lower survival rates for stroke than france and germany, is it not time to act on the calls from across this house to back these policy studies and establish a royal commission on health and social care in this, the seventh anniversary year of our most cherished national institution? we need to continue to look at the national health service and ensure we are continuing to improve the performance in a areas. of the independent commonwealth fund has been clear that the national health service is the best health care system in the world, that it is better than systems such as in germany and

system and the problems with it, the chief executive of the national health service in england, simon stevens, in a speech to the parliament recently said the national health service waiting list will grow to five million people, growing to five million people waiting. how would the american people like to be one of five million people waiting, waiting to get an appointment, waiting for an operation in the waiting line? that's what senator sanders and the democrats who propose this government-run system are talking about for our country. the scenes unfolding across hospitals in britain, and i will just describe one as outlined and written about today in "the new york times." tuesday night, it says the emergency ward at kensington hospital in southwestern london looked more like an airport lounge than a hospital. more like an airport lounge than a hospital. with patients sprawled out in the waiting room. there is no real system of order. it's a jungle in here, said nancy harper, who had accompanied her 87-year-old grandmother who was lying down and complaining of excruciating pain in her lower

to be fair, and there some intense conversations with says simon stevens, who runs the nhs, about whathat could be delivered from productivity and efficiency changes, we did agree a great deal more money for improvements in the nhs. but still not enough. but it has not been enough, partly because of an ageing population and medical technology is becoming more expensive. sometimes these things are not always possible to anticipate. there is a suspicion from some voters that the conservative government, when it comes to decent long—term funding of the nhs, sees it as a black hole, rather than a good investment for the health of its citizens. rather than a good investment for the health of its citizenslj rather than a good investment for the health of its citizens. i have never met a conservative politician who has expressed that view in private, let alone in public. make the political decisions to put the money there, you made a decision to give £1 billion to the dup, 3 billion but aside for brexit. you can find the money if you want to. and the chancellor made a decision in the budget t

mentioned mental health and social care, but i think it is emerging, particularly from the remarks of simon stevenser service. so i don't think this is a criticism of the prime minister. the prime minister as tough decisions to make with chancellor about the country can afford, and she should be able to did that, as it were, following private discussions with cabinet colleagues, rather than being bounced into it by some who have decided they will try to own this issue for themselves. but is the prime minister missing an opportunity, leaving an open goal for labour? i will refer to the quote by someone who has been a sta lwa rt quote by someone who has been a stalwart supporter of theresa may, nicholas soames, who has been tweeting, it won't be enough to get people to vote against the corbini, we need to have sound reasons to vote conservative, where is the bold and the brave? so far it is dull, dull, dull. iasked and the brave? so far it is dull, dull, dull. i asked you about articulating a sense of frustration about how the conservatives are handling the nhs, and nicholas soames seems to be articu

sirs si rs steven sirs steven web worked with esther mcvey. and simonwo to iain duncan smith, and we all knew in the house, and i was chair of the education committee, robert halfon's role, and she looked at the welfare state is, you know, seemed to have the view that it was all about scroungers and her job the view that it was all about scroungers and herjob was to deliver that hard message. you know, she revelled in that role of being the hard person on the front bench. how do you know she revelled in it? because i was in every question time where she absolutely glowed when she was delivering the hard message, you know, that, you know, the people at there, you know, most of whom she thought was scroungers were going to have the hard message that their benefits were being taken away from them, and! benefits were being taken away from them, and i think it is summed up yesterday, we losejustine greening, one of the more most humane, liberal ministers in the government, replaced by this woman, who has this reputation for being a hard—hearted hannah, and s

steven seagal has denied those earlier claims. here in britain, a surgeon who branded his initials onto the livers of two transplant patients has been fined and given community service by a court. simonember. his crimes, carried out at a hospital in birmingham, were discovered when the patients returned to hospital for further surgery, as sima kotecha reports. reporter: mr bramhall, what's your reaction? simon bramhall, once a respected surgeon, now a convicted criminal. what would you like to say to the patients, mr bramhall? today, he was fined £10,000 after pleading guilty to assaulting two patients by marking his initials on their livers. his victims were undergoing liver transplants at the time. in court, judge paul farrer qc told him: well, it was here at the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham where bramhall committed his offences. he marked the livers in 2013 and it was a year later, after a disciplinary hearing, that he resigned from his post. another of his patients, who also underwent a liver transplant by him, says he shouldn't be punished. signing his work is just his way of showing the artwork he's done. the fact that he's saved so many lives through all the operatio