Clearly there is a lot of disquiet in the medical profession - indeed one of the independent candidates in Withington was a local doctor and former labour supporter, who campaigned exclusively on what he perceives as the privatisation of the NHS. I understand that a much smaller proportion of doctors said that they intended to vote Labour in 2005 than in 2001. The Tories were trying to tap into national discontent about and within the NHS. I doubt that they saw the Christie story as sgnificant enough nationally - at worst a relocation of some facilities to another hospital within Manchester. It was bound to have some resonance in Withington however, and had it occurred when Mr Bradley had first been running for the seat I don't doubt that he would have used it.

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