Proceeding contribution from Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 October 2007. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Health Inequalities.
Health Inequalities
I represent the poorest region of the UK, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, which is below its target for the funding available to the PCT. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is inappropriate that, in such circumstances, PCTs with appointed, not elected, members, were forced by the Department of Health to spend 15 per cent. of their limited resources within the acute sector in private hospitals, rather than support struggling NHS hospitals? Does the hon. Gentleman agree that such decisions should be made locally, not enforced on PCTs by the Department of Health?
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- Disadvantaged Cancer Health Health services Finance Heart diseases NHS Primary care trusts Standards Infant mortality Life expectancy
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