Jeremy Hunt was elected Conservative MP for South West Surrey in 2005. He was Secretary of State for Health between September 2012 and July 2018, the longest serving Health Secretary in history, and has been Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since January 2020. Jeremy Hunt lives in Godalming and London with his wife, son and two daughters.
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it when I started out as a doctor' - Dame Clare Gerada
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Titcombe
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Surgeons
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Health Secretary
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Providers
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for years to come' - Simon Stevens, former Chief Executive, NHS
England
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