NHS Long-term Plan

Mohammad Yasin Excerpts
Monday 7th January 2019

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Those standards are being trialled at the moment. Of course we want to get them right, but we will look at the results of those trials as soon as we can.

Mohammad Yasin Portrait Mohammad Yasin (Bedford) (Lab)
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The Bedfordshire mental health trust told me today that the need for in-patient beds for men has increased. Will the Secretary of State urgently reinstate the in-patient mental health facilities in Bedford, which his Government removed, so that my constituents no longer have to travel at least 20 miles to access care?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Of course the provision of services locally is a matter for local clinicians, and it must be led by local clinicians. I am always happy to look at individual cases and, as with the other example, I will ask the NHS to write back to the hon. Gentleman with an explanation.