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St. Bartholomew's Hospital

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that despite my constituency's reputation, it is one of the most deprived constituencies in Britain? Bunhill ward, which I have the pleasure of representing, is one of the poorest wards in Britain. Its coronary heart disease death rate is 60 per cent. higher than would be expected, and it abuts that hospital. In the Bunhill, Canonbury and Holloway wards, the death rates from lung cancer are 70 per cent. higher than would be expected. We need an expert hospital that plays a central part in the hearts of my constituents. We were hoping to take advantage of our ability to select which hospital we go to—and to select the hospital that has for generations looked after my constituents.