Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan Debate
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Mike Amesbury
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Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan
Mike Amesbury Excerpts(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Steve Barclay
I recognise my hon. Friend’s point, not least as a rural constituency MP myself. I have talked to paramedics, as I am sure he has, and the principal cause of frustration of late has not been the issue of pay—important though that is. It has been frustration over long handover times, which has had a particularly damaging impact. I am happy to look at any specific issues in his area but he is right on the wider point about the pressures in rural areas.
Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)
When can the people of Warrington, and indeed Halton, expect to hear about the new hospital campuses, which are much needed by both communities—with sufficient staff to resource them?