National Health Service

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 9:29 pm on 27 October 1983.

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Photo of Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke Minister of State (Department of Health) 9:29, 27 October 1983

I shall not give way; a number of hon. Members failed to give way to me.

The right hon. Gentleman and others referred to the Acheson report and the statement by the Secretary of State about improving services in inner cities. No one has challenged the desirability of improving the level of primary care in inner cities. We have described the way in which money will be expended on nurse training, group practice and grants for the improvement of substandard premises in which doctors must operate.