Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 11:13 am on 27 February 2024.
Matt Vickers
Conservative, Stockton South
11:13,
27 February 2024
I thought that those were very legitimate questions and concerns about the way forward with mergers—joint working—but one of the issues in our part of the world is that South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was burdened by the last Labour Government with a huge PFI deal at James Cook Hospital that cost £1 million a week. That is what makes this contentious. That is what makes it so difficult to see joint working in our part of the world.