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Mark Reckless
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(10 years ago)
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (George Freeman)
I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and his constituents to review that very important issue.
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (UKIP)
Last month one patient waited 35 hours in Medway’s A and E, and in the past year 10 patients have waited more than 24 hours. I was grateful to the Secretary of State for taking up my invitation to visit the hospital. What progress has been made specifically on turning around the A and E department?
Mr Hunt
There are more doctors and more nurses operating at Medway hospital and I know that when the hon. Gentleman was sitting on this side of the House he was very pleased with the progress that was being made in turning it around from special measures, but, like UKIP’s policy on the NHS, everything changes.