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Mon 23rd Jan 2017
NHS: Debt
Lords Chamber

NHS: Debt

Debate between Baroness Boothroyd and Lord Reid of Cardowan
Monday 23rd January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Order. That is a very good way to begin the week. My question is brief and very much to the point, and concerns the transportation of patients to and from hospitals. We are all aware that many patients often have to go to major hospitals—travelling 20 or 30 miles—on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or thrice-weekly basis. The cost must be horrendous; is this part of it? Can the Minister give any indication of the cost of transporting patients to and from hospitals?

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