A and E (Major Incidents)

Karen Lumley Excerpts
Wednesday 7th January 2015

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Lumley Portrait Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that we should not be playing party politics with the NHS in the way that my opponent in Redditch is by putting out leaflets saying that I am systematically voting against the NHS, but that we should be working together with our trusts and partners in ensuring that we get through this problem, as we are trying to do in Worcestershire?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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I absolutely do agree. Labour Members should talk to some of the front-line NHS workers in their own constituencies, who will tell them that the last thing they want at this time is for the NHS to be a political football.