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Mr. Khabra
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on hospital reconfigurations. [103217]
Mr. Hutton
New guidance, "Keeping the NHS Local: A New Direction of Travel" was published on 14 February. It challenges the view that 'biggest is best', and puts patients and the public at the centre of the process. The core principles must be applied by the NHS with immediate effect.