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Tuesday 28 June 2016

Brexit: and £350million for Devon's hospitals

The Leave campaign famously promised £350m for the NHS:



















Brexit: Vote Leave wipes NHS £350m claim and rest of its website after EU referendum | Home News | News | The Independent

Apparently, this is not going to be the case:
Video evidence emerges of Nigel Farage pledging EU millions for NHS weeks before Brexit vote | UK Politics | News | The Independent
The leave campaign made three key promises – are they keeping them? | Politics | The Guardian
Vote Leave campaigners who've backtracked on the NHS £350m promise | Metro News

Two weeks before the referendum, the Conservative MP for Totnes Dr Sarah Wollaston, a former GP and, as chair of the Health Select Committee, one of the most authoritative voices on the NHS, defected from the Leave side to the Remain side:
EU referendum: What effect would Brexit really have on the NHS? | UK Politics | News | The Independent
EU referendum: Respected Tory MP Sarah Wollaston quits Leave campaign over 'false' NHS claims | UK Politics | News | The Independent

Whilst the hinterland of leading Leave campaigners is open to question:
EU Referendum: Leading Vote Leave figures have advocated charging for NHS and cutting funding | UK Politics | News | The Independent

What exactly does £350million get you?



















An aerial view of the site on which the Midland Met ‘super hospital’ is being built in Smethwick, due for completion in July 2018
Take an early look at £350m Midland Met super hospital « Express & Star

Meanwhile, in Devon, some fresh cash is forthcoming:
£1.3m boost for A&E in South Devon | Plymouth Herald

But it seems little compensation for what's happening on the ground:
Details of proposed health service cuts in Devon emerge | Exeter Express and Echo
North Devon 'will not be treated as fools' over health cuts, campaigners warn NHS | North Devon Journal
Barnstaple protesters say: ‘Hands off our A and E’ - News - North Devon Gazette
Exeter NHS walk-in centre hours slashed due to staff shortages | Exeter Express and Echo
No Budleigh health hub until next year? - News - Exmouth Journal

The campaign group 350 degrees is pushing for a petition on the issue:
KEEP THE PROMISE OF £350 MILLION FOR OUR NHS

And the future PM is coming to Devon on Friday: 
Mr Johnson is due to be having lunch with an audience of Conservative members and Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish at the Tiverton Hotel on Friday, July 1.
"Yes, there will be a substantial sum of money which we will no longer send to Brussels, but which could be used on priorities such as the NHS."
Boris Johnson to make first post-Brexit visit to Devon following EU referendum | Plymouth Herald
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