47 Quotes by Patricia Hewitt

But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.

You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and having a policy response to that.

There is no question of the NHS being privatised.

Many of us would have liked to go that little bit further and faster.

I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.

I suppose the one very striking thing, you know, to a British observer is the fact that Labour is in power in every State in Australia.

We are trying to find out what patients need, rather than what it suits us to provide. And the people are saying: 'We want services to work together.' They ask: 'Why do I have to tell my story over and over again to different people; why can't I see the same person, or if that's not possible, why can't they pass the information on to other people.'

We are monitoring the situation literally day by day, ... We will review the funding in the light of this work.

We want to ask people how services can more effectively promote good health, as well as treat disease, and how we can empower people to have more say in the care they receive in the community and their homes.