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IF IT achieves nothing else the Healthier Together consultation has managed one almost impossible feat; it has united Greater Manchester MPs across the political spectrum in opposition to it. To achieve this level of unity in the minefield of health policy, when constituency and ideological interests are at stake, is bordering on the miraculous.
This surprising common front arose initially from a private briefing held in a House of Commons committee room, on April 29 earlier this year.
There was nothing unexpected in the Healthier Together team’s presentation of the problems facing the NHS in Greater Manchester: a projected black hole of £1billion in a £6billion budget, accident and emergency departments overwhelmed, an inability of many patients to get an appointment to see their GP when required and poor surgical standards in some hospitals leading to unnecessary deaths during and after operations.
http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/NHSs-Healthier-Together-Consultation-Is-A-Sham
This surprising common front arose initially from a private briefing held in a House of Commons committee room, on April 29 earlier this year.
There was nothing unexpected in the Healthier Together team’s presentation of the problems facing the NHS in Greater Manchester: a projected black hole of £1billion in a £6billion budget, accident and emergency departments overwhelmed, an inability of many patients to get an appointment to see their GP when required and poor surgical standards in some hospitals leading to unnecessary deaths during and after operations.
http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/NHSs-Healthier-Together-Consultation-Is-A-Sham