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Debate between Chloe Smith and Mark Menzies
Tuesday 14th January 2014
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Chloe Smith (Norwich North) (Con)
2. What steps his Department has taken to ease the short and long-term effects of winter pressures on the NHS.
Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)
12. What steps his Department has taken to ease the short and long-term effects of winter pressures on the NHS.
The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt)
In the short term, a record £400 million has been assigned to help the NHS through this winter, with £250 million announced in August, much earlier than before. For the long term, we are restoring the link between GPs and vulnerable older patients by bringing back named GPs for all over-75s—something that was broken in 2004.