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News Release 27th November 2001MICHAEL FABRICANT WELCOMES '£1 BILLION NHS FUNDING BOOST' - IF GENUINEMichael Fabricant welcomes the £1 billion to be spent on the National Health Service next year "provided this is new money" he says. The spending pledge was made in Mr Brown's annual pre-Budget statement in Parliament today (27th November). Chancellor Gordon Brown committed the government to a "world class", publicly-funded healthcare system. "I welcome this move and hope that it will result in improvements in health care in the West Midlands", Michael Fabricant says. "But we have heard these claims of billions before. Either it is not new money, just money shifted from one health budget to another, or it is absorbed by increased overheads. "The last 4 years have been disappointing with hospital closures across the West Midlands. Many people have grown cynical as a consequence. "The acid test will be whether hospital services - currently scheduled for closure in Lichfield and Burntwood - will now be kept open" adds Michael Fabricant.
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