A and E and Maternity Provision (South-east London)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 26 February 2013.

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Photo of Andrew Gwynne Andrew Gwynne Shadow Minister (Health) 11:30, 26 February 2013

Local Members of Parliament are right to raise concerns about future capacity at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and at King’s. The recent King’s Fund report showed that between October and December 2012, many A and E departments in England faced their worst winter in almost a decade. Standards of care are deteriorating, with too many people waiting too long to be seen and many being left on trolleys in corridors or waiting in ambulances stuck outside A and E. Does the Secretary of State now accept that the NHS is struggling to cope with the toxic mix of cuts and reorganisation, and that patients in south-east London and elsewhere are paying the price for this Government’s mismanagement of the NHS?