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NHS Reorganisation

My hon. Friend is right. Today, the Gloucestershire health community issued a press release and the chief executive of the acute hospital trust said that the current difficulty with deficits will be magnified by the significant reduction in prices paid with the changes in the national tariff. The trust in Gloucestershire faces a cut of £21 million—a 7 per cent. reduction in its spending next year—if it treats the same number and mix of patients and will face tremendous challenges that will lead to job losses. Those are the problems faced in Gloucestershire.