Urgent Question on financial position of NHS Trusts: 1 February 2016
1 February 2016 (updated on 1 February 2016)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health), Ben Gummer, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Heidi Alexander, in the House of Commons on the financial position of NHS Trusts on Monday 1 February.
- Watch the Urgent Question on the financial position of NHS Trusts on Parliament TV
- Read Commons Hansard: Urgent Question on NHS Trusts: Finances
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Health finance
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