I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare, and are often in the best place to be able to see the whole pathway of care. Andrew Lansley caredeliveryhealthcare Change image and share on social
Underperforming hospitals or units should accept that they have to improve the service they offer or that patients, quite properly, will go elsewhere. Andrew Lansley accepthospitalimprove Change image and share on social
The culture is about moving to a place where tobacco and smoking isn't part of normal life: people don't encounter it normally, they don't see it in their big supermarkets, they don't see people smoking in public places, they don't see tobacco vending machines. Andrew Lansley bigcultureencounter share on social
In the first speech I delivered as health secretary, I made one thing perfectly clear: we need a cultural shift in the NHS: from a culture responsive mainly to orders from the top down to one responsive to patients, in which patient safety is put first. Andrew Lansley clearculturalculture share on social
It is in my heart that I believe most strongly that our future is within a reformed E.U. - not least because we now live in a global marketplace. Andrew Lansley futureglobalheart Change image and share on social
We must aim for a zero-tolerance approach to hospital-acquired infections; we have to be clear about who's in charge at ward level, so there's proper accountability, and we need to reduce the reliance on agency nursing staff. Andrew Lansley accountabilityacquireagency share on social
We will empower patients as well as health professionals. We will disempower the hierarchy and bureaucracy. Andrew Lansley bureaucracydisempowerempower Change image and share on social
Our interaction as patients with the NHS should be on the basis that there's a presumption that all information is shared with us. Andrew Lansley basisinformationinteraction Change image and share on social
As part of the E.U., my children can have the freedom and the opportunity to work and live across Europe; to be ambitious in the world's largest market; and to access so much of the history, the culture and the opportunity which is our common European heritage. Andrew Lansley accessambitiouschild share on social
You can't simply slash the sugar in food; otherwise, people simply won't accept it. Andrew Lansley acceptfoodpeople Change image and share on social
