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David Rutley
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(10 years ago)
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David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con)
T7. Eighteen NHS trusts have been placed in special measures, while so far six have come out. What progress is being made with the other 12?
Mr Hunt
I am happy to answer that, because for the first time we have a proper independent inspection regime. Labour tried to vote that down so that we could not have it, but we pressed on. A third of these trusts have been turned round. We are making good progress across most of the other 12 hospitals in special measures, including 1,500 more nurses, 200 more doctors, and 53 changes at board level. Where there were problems before, we are sorting them out.