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Paula Sherriff

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Speaker’s Statement
Tuesday 5th January 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I can assure my hon. Friend of precisely that.

Paula Sherriff Portrait Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab)
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to implement a significant reconfiguration plan 12 months earlier than was agreed by the Secretary of State. Dewsbury hospital will be significantly downgraded before infrastructure is in place to ensure that patients still receive vital care safely. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss this premature move, which appears to be purely financially driven and not in the best interests of my constituents?

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I thank the hon. Lady for bringing that issue to the notice of the House. The reconfiguration she mentions is the responsibility of local commissioners, but I am very happy to meet her, and anyone she wishes to bring with her, to discuss the planned changes.

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