Oral Answers to Questions

Colin Clark Excerpts

Tuesday 15th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove) (Con)]

6. What steps he is taking to improve and upgrade NHS facilities.

[Colin Clark (Gordon) (Con)]

15. What steps he is taking to improve and upgrade NHS facilities.

[Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con)]

22. What steps he is taking to improve and upgrade NHS facilities.

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[Matt Hancock]

I look forward to working with my hon. Friend and his local colleagues on what we can do to support Stepping Hill Hospital further. He is an assiduous representative for Hazel Grove who makes the argument very clearly, both to me and to the NHS Minister, who has already heard from him on several occasions. We did manage to provide £1 million for upgrades to Stepping Hill Hospital ahead of this winter and we understand the case that they make.

[Colin Clark]

Since 1980, Aberdeen University has been at the forefront of MRI development. May I invite the Secretary of State to visit Aberdeen medical facilities to see the fast field-cycling scanner, a development of national importance to stroke diagnosis?

[Matt Hancock]

Yes, I love going to Aberdeen and look forward to another reason for going to the north-east. Of course, Aberdeen University and the UK have been at the cutting edge of this innovation for years and must be for years to come.