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Business of the House

This morning, the Oxford Radcliffe hospital in my constituency announced 600 job losses, half of which will be compulsory redundancies. The Secretary of State for Health has said that this is the best year that the NHS has ever had and that such developments are a sign of efficient hospitals, but this is a debt-ridden hospital that is being forced to do that. Her remarks have been described as coming from another planet and a parallel universe by people working in the health service. Will the Leader of the House arrange for the Health Secretary to come to the House on planet Earth to explain why hospitals up and down the country—including the Oxford Radcliffe—are cutting all these jobs? The cuts will have a huge impact on patient care.