PM’s pledge on Shropshire hospital services

Thursday 3rd February 2011, 7:27AM GMT.

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Prime Minister David Cameron has promised that Shropshire people will be listened to before any changes are made to the county’s NHS services.

He was answering a question from Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski at Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday.

Mr Kawczynski said proposed changes in the county, including maternity and paediatric services, were causing “significant concerns for local Shrewsbury doctors, GPs and patient groups”.

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He asked: “Can the Prime Minister give an assurance that those concerns will be taken on board and acted upon before any changes are made?”

Mr Kawczynski said Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies shared his views as his constituents also used the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Mr Cameron said the Health Secretary “has put in place much stronger arrangements for making sure that local people are listened to when these discussions are taking place.

“No changes will be allowed unless they focus on improving patient outcomes, unless they consider patient choice and unless they have the support of the GP commissioners, and remember that in the future health system it will be the decisions of GPs and people that will drive the provision of health services, not top-down decisions made by ministers in Whitehall.”

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