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NHS Deficits

Does not the hon. Gentleman accept that many such services throughout the country are clinically led? They ensure that, if possible, someone can be treated outside a hospital setting, at less cost to the whole local health economy and the potential benefit of the individual patient, who will not have to go into the hospital system, with all the inconvenience that that can cause. That makes sense for everybody. Will not the hon. Gentleman balance his remarks and consider for a moment that there may be a positive outcome all round?