Independent MP for Wyre Forest (2001-05) & (2005 -
(Wyre Forest is in north Worcestershire and encompasses Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley)
Dr. Richard Taylor
Independent MP for Wyre Forest (2001-05)
& (2005 -
(Wyre Forest is in north
Worcestershire and encompasses Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley)
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Date of birth
7 July 1934 (Parents: Thomas Taylor and Mabel Hickley)
Dr Richard Thomas Taylor, BA, MB, FRCP, was educated at The Leys School, at Clare College Cambridge, and at (the former) Westminster Medical School (now part of the Imperial College School of Medicine), becoming a Consultant Physician in Rheumatology at the Kidderminster General Hospital, before retiring in 1995. He was also a member of the local Health Authority.
As a young Doctor he did his National Service in the RAF, serving some time on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean ! (see Hansard; 13 July 2006 - Column 1552)
Medical Career:
Political profile
In 2005, Richard Taylor became the only Independent MP to have retained his
seat
for a second term in the house since the 1949 elections.
He defeated a sitting government minister (David Lock - Labour - Lord Chancellor's Department) in 2001 to take Wyre Forest after campaigning on a single issue - saving the local Kidderminster Hospital which the government planned to downgrade - and was Quoted as "Mr. Smith goes to Westminster" by the radical 'Red Pepper' website.
"I used to be totally uninterested in politics,"
"My career move into politics was fired by complete and utter anger that a very few ill informed people had the right to take away a vital service for a population of 140 000 and wrap it up in spin."
In 1998, Worcestershire health authority favoured proposals that would close all acute inpatient services and the accident and emergency department at Kidderminster General Hospital, where Richard used to work. This would mean that all of the seriously ill local patients would have to travel many miles to hospitals in Worcester, Redditch, or Dudley for emergency and inpatient treatment.
Richard says: "This was simply a complete and utter disregard for the people and I felt that something must be done about it.""I am glad to say that I have no major regrets about my life. I would like to have been better at playing golf and playing the piano than I am, but I would not have missed my career in medicine for anything. Sadly, my job as a consultant physician at a district general hospital did not help my first marriage, but my three children from that marriage are all doing very well without any scars. My second marriage is absolute bliss, and my wife and 10 year old daughter fully support my current career and enjoy the occasional trips to London. I am very fortunate to be enjoying my second career in politics, but strictly as an amateur."
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He mainly speaks in the Commons on the health service and is a member of the
Health Select Committee.
Nonetheless, his election address and his voting record in two Parliaments
reflect his views on matters which defy routine political categorization.
Dr. Taylor's position on issues:
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
.. How Richard Taylor voted on
key issues since 2001:
Dr. Taylor's voting performance:
There are currently 47 people registered to track the speeches of Dr. Taylor 'on-line'.
Recent accolades spoken in 'The House' about Dr. Taylor .. ..
"The hon. Gentleman entered the House .. to have an honest and open debate about health care in his local community .. .."
"He has also become .. aware of how to be a streetwise politician, as is clear from some of his recent contributions to debates."
"The House benefits from his clinical expertise and long history of fine service to the NHS."
Recent activity in Parliament -
speaker: Richard Taylor : 1 Commons debate
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Oral Answers to Questions - Children, Schools and Families: NHS Next
Stage Review (30 Jun 2008)
speaker: Richard Taylor : 1 Commons debate
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Opposition Day - [15th Allotted Day]: NHS (60th Anniversary) (24 Jun
2008)
speaker: Richard Taylor : 2 Commons debates
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Oral Answers to Questions - Health: Co-payments (17 Jun 2008)
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Opposition Day - [14th Allotted Day]: Polyclinics (17 Jun 2008)
speaker: Richard Taylor : 1 Written Answer
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Written Answers - Health: Polyclinics (16 Jun 2008)
speaker: Richard Taylor : 1 Written Answer
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Written Answers - Health: Junior Doctors: Accommodation (3 Jun 2008)
speaker: Richard Taylor : 1 Written
Answer
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Written Answers - Health: Arthritis: Health Services (16 May 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-05-16a.203934.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g203934.q0
Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking
to ensure that the particular continuing health and social care needs of people
with arthritis are taken into account in (a) Lord Darzi's
review of the NHS and (b) the World Class Commissioning initiative.
speaker: Richard Taylor : 1 Commons
debate
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Orders of the Day: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (12 May 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-05-12a.1063.1&s=speaker%3A11275#g1141.0
Richard Taylor: May I first record my support for the establishment of a
bioethics committee, as has been suggested by the hon. Member for Bolton,
South-East (Dr. Iddon) and many other hon. Members? Like other hon. Members, I
have received a lot of letters on these issues. Many have been from those who
are against the Bill, but I have also had some very strong ones from people
asking me to vote in favour of...
Speaker: Richard Taylor : 6 Westminster
Hall debates
[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] - National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence (8 May 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-05-08a.311.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g318.0
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Richard Taylor:
It is a great privilege to follow our Chairman, who is allowing us to get out
some quite strong condemnatory reports-not that this is one of the most
condemnatory. It is also a huge privilege to speak second, because the Chairman
has left us with a little more to say, and I can get in before all my hon.
Friends-and I do call them friends-on the Committee. The first matter...
[Mr. Roger Gale in the
Chair] - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (8 May 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-05-08a.311.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g318.2
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Richard Taylor: I thank my friend and medical colleague for that. I
absolutely accept that, but things should not be discarded lightly. The Chairman
of the Committee mentioned the speed of decisions. In our recommendations 15 and
16, we toyed with the idea of shorter inquiries or evaluation at launch. The
Government's response was fairly defensive, but NICE's was rather better. It
stated that it was not...
[Mr. Roger Gale in the
Chair] - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (8 May 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-05-08a.311.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g319.0
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Richard Taylor: That is one of the huge difficulties with drugs. Some of
their effects-good and bad-are not discovered until a long time after they have
been used by hundreds, if not thousands, of people. NICE concluded its response
to recommendations 15 and 16 by stating its aim to start assessment when a
manufacturer requests marketing authorisation.
It said that it might then be able to create...
Written Answers - Health: Bone Diseases
(2 Apr 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-04-02a.197768.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g197768.q0
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Richard Taylor: To
ask the Secretary of State for Health_
(1) what representations he has received on behalf of people with ankylosing spondylitis
in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who had been
diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis broken down by (a) strategic health
authority and (b) primary care trust area in the...
By Richard Taylor :
1 Commons debate
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Accident and Emergency Departments (12 Mar 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-03-12a.383.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g383.2
Richard Taylor: I am grateful for the opportunity to initiate the debate, and I
am revelling in the fact that I have three minutes extra, so I do not have to
watch the clock. The Minister, whom I am pleased to see in his place, knows that
on occasions, even though I sit on the Opposition Benches, I am trying to be
helpful to the Government. This is one of those occasions. Everybody admits that
some accident...
By Richard Taylor : 1 Westminster Hall
debate
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Nursing & Midwifery Council (11 Mar 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-03-11a.46.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g47.0
Richard Taylor: I, too, have been approached with very serious allegations about
probity and conduct. Whistleblowers are in an awfully difficult position. The
person who approached me asked who regulates the regulator, because they have
nobody to complain to.
By Richard Taylor : 4 Westminster Hall
debates
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[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] — Electronic Patient Record (21 Feb 2008)
Richard Taylor: I can say this because I do not belong to any party,
whereas it might be difficult for others: I am sad that we are having this
debate now, because we should have had it in the Committee. From memory, nobody
was there to put the case as strongly as the hon. Gentleman has.
[Mr. Mike Weir in
the Chair] - Electronic Patient Record (21 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-02-21a.137.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g148.0
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Richard Taylor: It is a pleasure to follow the Health Committee's Chairman, the
right hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron). He has covered the issues
exhaustively, but he has left a few points for some of us to add. I have been on
the Health Committee for quite some time and I thought that I had worked out how
the Department arrives at its responses. I thought that if we put all our
conclusions and...
[Mr. Mike Weir in
the Chair] - Electronic Patient Record (21 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-02-21a.137.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g150.1
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Richard Taylor: I was talking about delays with the patient administration
system, and was about to mention some of the things that we were told about in
the inquiry. We were told that there was some evidence of progress with Cerner,
and I am interested in that because I gather that, since then, there has been
dissatisfaction in various parts of the south coast and London. I would like to
know what the...
[Mr. Mike Weir in
the Chair] - Electronic Patient Record (21 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2008-02-21a.137.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g151.1
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Richard Taylor: I find it hard to understand how a meaningful review can take
place without at least having the chance of pulling the whole system, which is
why I did not want to support it. I am going to come to the other point later
on. Obviously, public perception of security has not been helped by recent
security breaches in various fields, including the loss of the smartcards. On 4
February, the chief...
Written Answers -
Communities and Local Government: Local Authorities: Public Participation (21
Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-21a.183806.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g183806.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Government what steps she is taking to monitor the expenditure of local authorities
on LINks; what restrictions there are on the ways in which such local authority
money can be spent; and how compliance with such restrictions is monitored by
her Department.
Written Answers -
Health: National Centre for Involvement (21 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-21a.183801.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g183801.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will require the
National Centre for Involvement to provide information, advice and learning
opportunities to patients, NHS service users and local involvement networks
members in relation to improving consultation at national, regional and local
levels in the NHS.
Written Answers - Culture Media and
Sport: Water Sports: Finance (7 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-07a.184245.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g184245.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on the
sport of canoeing in the last five years.
Written Answers - Health: Health
Services: Public Participation (7 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-07a.183807.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g183807.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the
Secretary of State for Health if he will increase the budgets for local
involvement networks.
Written Answers - Health: Cancer: Drugs
(6 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-06a.184247.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g184247.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care
trusts in England provide funding for surafenib for patients with (a) advanced
renal cell cancer and (b) liver cancer.
Written Answers - Health: Local
Involvement Networks (6 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-06a.183800.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g183800.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what
steps he plans to take to promote the involvement of patients and the public in
monitoring the effectiveness of services provided for the NHS by the (a)
third and (b) private sector; (2) if he will ensure that the Local
Involvement Network Regulations 2008 include provisions requiring private sector
providers of health and social care to...
Written Answers - Health: Local
Involvement Networks (6 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-02-06a.183803.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g183803.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his
policy to ensure members of local involvement networks (LINKs) are indemnified
by his Department in relation to activities undertaken on behalf of a LINk in
good faith.
Oral Answers to Questions - Health:
Quality and Outcomes Framework (5 Feb 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-02-05a.778.5&s=speaker%3A11275#g779.3
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Richard Taylor: What consultation with patients and the public has taken place
in the discussions on the GP quality and outcomes framework?
Written Answers - Health: NHS: Complaints
(31 Jan 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-01-31a.180165.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g180165.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints
about care in the national health service are under investigation by the Health
Service Commissioner; and what the average length of time between receipt of a
complaint and publication of a decision on it has been in the last 12 months.
Written Answers - Health: NHS: Complaints
(24 Jan 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-01-24a.180164.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g180164.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints
about care in the national health service are under investigation by the
Healthcare Commission; and what the average length of time between the start of
an investigation and the publication of a report on it has been in the last 12
months.
Bill Presented: Topical Debate -
Preventive Health Services (10 Jan 2008)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-01-10a.552.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g573.0
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Richard Taylor: I thank those hon. Members who have spoken recently for
accelerating to give me nearly my full time. I understand that the Minister will
also be very generous and has said that she can manage with four minutes. I
shall try to give her a little longer, but I am grateful for this opportunity. I
always enjoy following my friend on the Health Committee, the hon. Member for
Dartford (Dr. Stoate),...
Written Answers - Health: Medical
Equipment: Incontinence (17 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-17b.171200.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g171200.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of
State for Health what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the
possible effect on UK manufacturing jobs of the price reductions for
incontinence and stoma appliances proposed by his Department.
Written Answers - Health: Nurses:
Standards (13 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-13a.171197.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g171197.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has
made of the risk of increased patient infections if visits from specialist
nurses are capped as proposed in his Department's consultation on Part IX of the
Drug Tariff.
Written Answers - Health: NHS: Finance
(12 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-12a.165830.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g165830.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to
introduce further NHS Better Care Better Value indicators; which topics are
being considered; and if he will make a statement.
Written Answers - Health: Nurses:
Catheters (12 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-12a.171198.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g171198.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many visits on
average a new user of (a) an indwelling catheter and (b) an intermittent
catheter will receive from a specialist nurse within the first six months of
receiving their prescription.
Written Answers - Health: Part IX Drug
Tariff (10 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-10b.171196.h&s=speaker%3A11275#g171196.q0
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Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many errors,
inaccuracies and omissions were identified by industry within his Department of
Health's new part IX drug tariff categories; and if he will make a
statement.
Health Care Prioritisation (3 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-12-03a.653.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g653.2
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Richard Taylor: May I first place on record my sincere thanks to hon. Members
from both sides of the House and the Officers in the Lobby who virtually led me
by the hand to ensure that I was here on time and did not miss a huge
opportunity? I believe that I can speak for approximately an hour and 45
minutes, but I reassure you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, that I, too, would like to get
away. I will speak for a little...
Health Care Prioritisation (3 Dec 2007)
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-12-03a.653.0&s=speaker%3A11275#g657.0
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Richard Taylor: I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I agree
with what he says. I have, however, been circumspect in talking about NICE, and
I am hoping that our inquiry and the report will address some of those
questions, so I will not be drawn into addressing this matter further at
present. I was about to explain a little in respect of the cancer reform
strategy. In the section on community...
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| Members Allowance Expenditure |
April 2006-March 2007 |
Ranking |
April 2005-March 2006 |
| 1 | Cost of staying away from home | £19,923 | 393rd | £19,319 |
| 2 | London Supplement | £0 | - | £0 |
| 3 | Office Running Costs | £6,515 | 638th | £5,443 |
| 4 | Staffing Costs | £67,797 | 603rd | £63,181 |
| 5 | Members' Travel Allowance | £4,879 | 476th | £5,874 |
| 5a) | Car | £0 | . | . |
| 5b) | Third Party Ins./ Mileage / Rental | £0 | . | . |
| 5c) | Rail | £4,879 | . | . |
| 5d) | Air | £0 | . | . |
| 5e) | Other Travel | £0 | . | . |
| 5f) | European | £0 | . | . |
| 6 | Members' Staff Travel | £218 | 319th = | £26 |
| 7 | Centrally Purchased Stationery | £512 | 527th | £473 |
| 7 | Stationery - Associated Postage Costs | £1,547 | 489th | £1,435 |
| 8 | Central I.T. Provision | £738 | 619th | £0 |
| 9 | Staff Cover & Other Costs | £96 | 80th | £2,813 |
| . | . | £102,225 | 627th | £98,564 |
| . | . | . | Out of 645 Members | . |
| . | . | . | . |
634th |
And in previous (equally frugal) years_
| 2004/5 | 2003/4 | 2002/3 | 2001/2 |
| £94,627 | £92,303 | £86,709 | £57,793 |
| 634th out of 659 MP's | 625th out of 658 MP's | 629th of 657 MP's | 647th out of 657 MP's |
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