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Simon Burns

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Point of Order
Tuesday 14th June 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rosie Cooper Portrait Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab)
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Although it has been difficult to hear during this debate, I would like to address my comments to the statement made by the Secretary of State.

Rosie Cooper Portrait Rosie Cooper
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Question, sorry. [Interruption.] Let us get to the point and stop playing around. The Secretary of State said in the statement that consortia will now have one nurse and one secondary care doctor and that:

“To avoid any potential conflict of interest, neither should be employed by a local health provider.”

How will the Secretary of State apply that rule to GPs? Would not the Secretary of State and his reforms be best described as like Schrodinger’s cat—in a state of uncertainty and both alive and dead at the same time?

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