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Access to NHS Services

Uncharacteristically, the Secretary of State has not started with the humility that is needed, given the Government’s record. The Conservatives recognise the increase in expenditure, but, like the public and those who work in the NHS, we have not seen value for money from that expenditure. Will the Secretary of State, on his first outing, accept that that is fundamentally true—as the Prime Minister appeared to in his leadership campaign—and tell the House that he feels we must do better in getting value for money for the vastly increased resources that, to give the Government credit, have been introduced to the NHS?