The Secretary of State has said that privatisation is not happening, but in Staffordshire the £1 billion end-of-life cancer care contract is up for tender, threatening the hospital finances at Royal Stoke even further. Before the election, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham) gave a commitment to the Royal Stoke University Hospital that it would be the preferred provider for this contract. Will the Secretary of State give that commitment today?
Health and Social Care
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Farrelly
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 June 2015.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Health and Social Care.
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