At Department of Health and Social Care questions, James highlighted the benefits of the new West Norfolk Eye Centre and said the impact for better patient care made the case for QEH to be included in the new hospitals programme.
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James Wild: When my right hon. Friend the Health Secretary joined me at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, he saw the new West Norfolk eye centre, which is enabling an extra 2,000 appointments and 2,000 more injections every year to help to deal with the backlogs. Does that not just demonstrate the difference that new buildings can make to better patient care, but underline the importance of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital being added to the Government’s new hospitals building programme, which I know he is working hard to achieve?
Neil O’Brien: The Secretary of State will have taken note of my hon. Friend’s representations.
