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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick Excerpts(9 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Hunt
I think it is, and my hon. Friend is right that it is a brilliant hospital; it serves my constituents as well. One of the things it is doing is helping to turn around Heatherwood and Wexham Park hospitals trust, which was in special measures, including its A and E department, which is doing much better. Sir Andrew Morris has been running that hospital for 26 years, and that kind of stability in leadership makes a huge difference.
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP)
On easing winter pressures in NHS hospitals, could the Secretary of State indicate when he last met the chair of emergency medicine and what steps will be taken to ensure greater accessibility to GP practices?