“It is good news” said Tony Baldry. “Andrew Lansley and Health Ministers are determined to ensure that so far as is possible it is local people who decide the future of local health services.

“Andrew Lansley over the last couple of years has visited Banbury on a number of occasions and knows how important the Horton General hospital is to local people.

“I know that the Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust and the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Hospital Trust are working hard on trying to determine a way forward that will guarantee key medical services at the Horton and I’m sure that they will be taking note of what Andrew Lansley has said.”

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