Earlier I emphasised the challenge facing the task force regarding acute hospital services. How do we safely provide hospital services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as the working hours of our junior doctors reduce in line with EU law? The task force has responded by setting out a new way of organising hospital services. Its proposals mean that no hospitals will close. Instead of downgrading hospitals it proposes to bring services closer to patients while ensuring those services are both safe and sustainable.