Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham backs fight to save Calderdale and Huddersfield A&Es

Today Halifax MP Linda Riordan welcomed Andy Burnham, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, to a meeting of around 50 Save Calderdale and Huddersfield A&E campaigners.

This was an opportunity for campaigners to hear his views of the proposal to close Calderdale A&E, ask questions about how best to develop the campaign and find out about current Labour health policies.
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Future Labour government will repeal Health & Social Care Act 2012

The joy of Twitter: Calderdale Council Leader Tim Swift tweeted from the Local Government Association Conference on 3rd July, where Andy Burnham MP was talking about the NHS and committing a future Labour government to repeal of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act.
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