George Eustice MP was pleased to be invited to the Eden Project to take part in a BBC Radio Cornwall debate, chaired by Martin Bailie, on the Government's proposed changes to the NHS.
The panel consisted of: Steve Moore the acting Chief Executive of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust, The MP for Camborne and Redruth George Eustace, GP Shelagh McCormick who chairs the Local Medical Committee, Christine Dayus from Unison Rob Gough from the volunteer organisation LiNK in Cornwall.
The audience was filled with NHS staff, health managers, health campaigners, hospital supporters, patients and listeners to BBC Radio Cornwall.
George was delighted to have the opportunity to dispell some of the myths that have been circulating surrounding the proposals saying, "It's very important to realise what we are trying to achieve here - we are simply trying to decrease the amount of money spent on managers, and increase spending on the front line. We have to absolutely recognise the thing that's gone wrong with the NHS in the last decade is a huge increase in the number of managers - increasing six times faster than the number of nurses. The pay of manager's has increased at double the rate of nurses. These changes will release £5 billion for the front line, in addition to the extra £11 billion we're going to spend."
To listen to the whole debate click here.