Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con): The Secretary of State talked about fully engaging the local community. In my constituency, tens of thousands of people have been fully engaged in opposing the cuts to the acute hospital. Will the statement today mean that those cuts will be reversed or will they go ahead because of the deficits in our trust? Ms Hewitt: As the hon. Gentleman knows, there are financial problems in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. There has been overspending even within a substantially increased NHS budget—a budget against which his party voted. There has been extensive consultation in that area on a reorganisation of services that will make much better use of NHS resources, give people high quality acute and emergency care, and give them better services within the community. | 
