Proceeding contribution from Lord Lansley (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 March 2010. It occurred during Opposition day on Health Care in London.
Health Care in London
My right hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. Putting a walk-in centre or an urgent care centre on the front of a hospital is a perfectly reasonable and sensible idea, but when that happened at Whipps Cross the net effect was 2,000 fewer patients a month attending the emergency department at Whipps Cross, but 4,000 extra patients a month attending the urgent care centre. We should not assume that that leads to lower costs, as it might stimulate demand.
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- Disadvantaged Cost effectiveness Closures Hospitals Health services Expenditure Greater London General practitioners NHS Management Standards Reorganisation Accident and emergency departments Per capita costs Health centres Treatment centres London Strategic Health Authority Olympic Games 2012
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