The Health Secretary has pledged further Government support for Shropshire's main hospital trust, saying there is still "lots more to do" to address long-standing failures.
00:01Telford and wide to Shropshire. We know that the NHS has an absolute mountain to climb after years of underperformance.
00:08And we've begun that journey with falling waiting times, increased government investment and plans for Telford's first ever cancer treatment unit.
00:16Will the Secretary of State ensure that those trusts that are showing signs of improvement are backed to catch up with the rest and then continue their improvements,
00:25particularly with investment around technology, research and infrastructure?
00:30Absolutely, Mr Speaker. And my honourable friend deserves real credit for championing Telford and Shropshire and helping to get the trust the investment it needs.
00:38He's right that local services haven't been good enough for a number of years.
00:41We're not going to turn a blind eye to that failure. We're going to do something about it.
00:45There's a long way to go, but we've already delivered an extra 94,000 appointments and cut waiting lists by over 14,000 at his local trust since the general election.
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