NHS Long-Term Plan

Afzal Khan Excerpts

Monday 18th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (Con)]

rose—

[Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

I call Mr Afzal Khan.

[Afzal Khan]

Will the Secretary of State clarify how this money will be divided between the regions? Children growing up in the north, in constituencies such as mine, have vastly different life chances from their counterparts in the south. We do not want this funding to reinforce the north-south divide.

[Mr Hunt]

As the hon. Gentleman knows, we take deprivation into account very seriously when we allocate NHS funding, because it has a direct impact on people’s demand for NHS services, but other things also have an impact on people’s health, such as housing and employment prospects. The bigger lesson is that we need to integrate all our services for our most disadvantaged citizens.