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Mr. Prior
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to make health care more accessible in rural areas. [16531]
Mr. Milburn
The Government are committed to improving quality and fairness in National Health Service care, replacing the internal market and ensuring that a greater proportion of every pound spent goes on patient services not bureaucracy. This applies equally to rural areas as it does to other parts of the country.