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Nigel Huddleston Excerpts
Tuesday 22nd March 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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What the hon. Gentleman describes as a “savage cut” was a real-terms increase of £10 billion a year, which was £5.5 billion more than his party proposed as part of the platform he stood on at the last election.

Nigel Huddleston Portrait Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)
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16. Does my right hon. Friend agree that as well as focusing on health inputs and how much we spend on the NHS, it is also important that we focus on health outcomes?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why I am so proud that under this Conservative Government we have put 27 hospitals into special measures, 11 of which have now come out of special measures. We are improving the standard and quality of care, and increasing the number of people being treated across the board. Outputs matters, and that is what this Conservative Government will deliver.