The future of the hospital was a major theme of last year's by-election campaign.

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The overarching theme remains for care to be transferred away from hospital and into the community instead.

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He built roads, an international school, a hospital, a first-class hotel and a theme park.

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The theme is being taken up by a team at London's Hammersmith Hospital, who are launching a study to see if they can replicate the Haifa findings.

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