Valerie has welcomed the Government’s u-turn on the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations 2013, known as the Section 75 Regulations, which would have forced doctors to open up every part of local health services to private companies through competitive tendering.

On Tuesday 5 March 2013, the Health Select Committee of which Valerie Vaz MP, Walsall South, is a member heard evidence from Sir David Nicholson the Chief Executive of the NHS and the NHS Commissioning Board. This session was a continuation of the Select Committee’s inquiry into the Francis Report on the failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.

Valerie visited Hillary Primary School on Friday 1 March 2013 for an interview with the School Council and to see what can be done to address traffic problems around the School.

On Thursday 28 February 2013, Valerie met with Rob Hurd who is the Chief Executive of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Portcullis House.

Valerie said: "I have set up an alert on inspection reports of healthcare providers in Walsall South by the Care Quality Commission. Providers are judged against 21 criteria and recommendations may be made for improvement where care is found not to meet the required standards. I have received an alert for the following: