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  Opposition Day - NHS Competition Policy
  
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  @ MP voted aye for the Government's policies for regulated competition within the NHS. 
  @ MP voted no against the Government's policies for regulated competition within the NHS. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted for the Government's policies for regulated competition within the NHS. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to delete [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-02-05&number=204 a motion calling for the Government to reverse its changes to NHS competition policy] and to replace it with a motion stating:
  
  :This House:
  :''notes'' the strong performance of NHS accident and emergency departments this winter;
  :''further notes'' that the average waiting time to be seen in A&E has more than halved since 2010;
  :''commends'' the hard work of NHS staff who are seeing more people and carrying out more operations every year since May 2010;
  :''notes'' that this has been supported by the Governmentâs decision to protect the NHS budget and to shift resources to frontline patient care, delivering 12,000 more clinical staff and 23,000 fewer administrators;
  :''welcomes'' changes to the GP contract which restore the personal link between doctors and their most vulnerable patients;
  :''welcomes'' the announcement of the Better Care Fund which designates Â£3.8 billion to join up health and care provision and the Integration Pioneers to provide better care closer to home;
  :''believes'' that clinicians are in the best position to make judgements about the most appropriate care for their patients;
  :''notes'' that rules on tendering are no different to the rules that applied to primary care trusts; and, a year on from the publication of the Francis Report, 
  :''notes'' that the NHS is placing an increased emphasis on compassionate care, integration, transparency, safe staffing and patient safety
  
  There was no substantive call for action in the replacement motion.
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