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Jeremy Lefroy Excerpts
Tuesday 26th March 2019

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond
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The hon. Gentleman asked a number of questions there. It is true that the NHS has recently asked all sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems to create new five-year plans by autumn 2019 setting out how they are going to transform services. He will know that mental health is a priority in the long-term plan and that we are expanding the number of places for clinicians.

Jeremy Lefroy Portrait Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)
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Will my hon. Friend meet me to discuss the severe shortage of pathologists to carry out post mortems? Professor Peter Hutton’s report referenced some ideas that we could take forward.

Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond
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My hon. Friend has already mentioned several such ideas and I would be happy to meet him to discuss them.