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Leaving the EU: Fisheries Management
Tuesday 20th March 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Well, if there are to be more GPs, they will have to be paid.

Bill Esterson Portrait Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
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Patients at Hightown GP surgery were promised that their surgery would stay open, but, out of the blue, they were written to and told that the surgery would close on 8 June. The Government are belatedly taking action on the shortage of GPs, but will the Minister intervene to make sure that Hightown surgery is kept open and that a promise is kept to patients?

Steve Brine Portrait Steve Brine
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I will look at Hightown surgery, and if the hon. Gentleman wants to talk to me about it, he is welcome to do so. Of course it is the responsibility of his clinical commissioning group and NHS England in his area to provide primary care services for the patients who are his constituents, but if wants to talk to me further, I am very happy to do so.

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