December 9, 2016 5.10 pm
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NHS received the money it asked for, says new Sleaford & North Hykeham MP Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson, the new Conservative MP for Sleaford & North Hykeham, said she doesn’t believe the NHS is underfunded. The fresh MP also said she was disappointed to hear plans Grantham A&E may not reopen at night, despite earlier reassurances from ULHT CEO Jan Sobieraj. Watch the full interview: Caroline Johnson said: “I’m disappointed by the…
Dr Caroline Johnson, the Sleaford and North Hykeham MP. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Dr Caroline Johnson, the new Conservative MP for Sleaford & North Hykeham, said she doesn’t believe the NHS is underfunded.
The fresh MP also said she was disappointed to hear plans Grantham A&E may not reopen at night, despite earlier reassurances from ULHT CEO Jan Sobieraj.
Watch the full interview:
Caroline Johnson said: “I’m disappointed by the plan which suggests that Grantham A&E won’t reopen, because we’ve been reassured right up to this week by the head of ULHT that it would be reinstated to how it was in August and it’ll be happening soon and probably in February — what I will be doing now is looking to fight to ensure that that’s what happens.
“500 people sounds like a lot of people to let go and I’d be interested to know who those people are, what they are doing in order to know whether that’s the right thing.
“I don’t think it’s an issue of funding and the head of ULHT said this is not an issue of funding. Before the last general election there were reports stating how much money the NHS was going to need and more money than that has been given to the NHS. This is an issue of how services are organised.
“At the moment the NHS has stated how much money it needs and it has been given more than that, so obviously the Government will be listening to the NHS and respond to it as things come up.”
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