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Pauline Latham Excerpts
Tuesday 15th January 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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Of course, I understand the concerns of Cancer Research, and I know that the hon. Gentleman understands the personal tragedy that cancer can cause. The change in the clinical networks is happening because we want them to cover dementia, which we were talking about earlier, mental health services and maternity and paediatric services. It is right that they should do so, but I want to make absolutely sure that as we go through the restructuring the benefits of the cancer clinical networks remain as strong as ever.

Pauline Latham Portrait Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend look at the east midlands cancer drugs fund? While I welcome the cancer drugs fund enormously, the east midlands will yet again underspend, leaving some of my constituents paying for their own treatment because they have been refused funding. Will my right hon. Friend please get his Department to investigate why?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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My hon. Friend has mentioned the issue to me before, and I am happy to look into it in detail for her.