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My second question is about access to healthcare for those living along the England-Scotland border. If you live in Berwick-upon-Tweed, you may sometimes choose to attend the Borders General Hospital in Melrose, which is 37 miles away, or you can go down the A1—which has not yet been dualled—to the hospital in Cramlington, which is over 50 miles away. Although in Berwick there are the excellent Berwick “cancer cars”, driven by volunteers to help patients get to places, I can fully understand why this is process utterly exhausting for people.