South West Surrey MP Jeremy Hunt yesterday highlighted how the potential reduction in services at the Royal Surrey County Hospital could place 2,000 people's lives a year at risk. Speaking in an Opposition Day Debate in the House of Commons on acute hospital services he argued that the current review of healthcare provision in Surrey is ""about savings, not services"". He revealed for the first time that consultants had told him of their fears that by placing financial considerations ahead of clinical outcomes the Primary Care Trust could cause around 2,000 people in need of resuscitation equipment not to make it to an accident and emergency department within the crucial 60 minute time limit - the so-called ""Golden Hour"". Speaking after the debate Mr Hunt said: ""The Government must realise that the deficit is directly caused by problems with the NHS funding formula, which massively underweights age as a key determinant of healthcare needs. We have a lot of older people in Surrey, but our allocation is increased by only 2% to account for it, compared to a 25% decrease because of our lack of social deprivation. That's the root cause of the problem.""During his speech Mr Hunt called on the Government and Surrey Primary Care Trust to call a halt to any plans for a reduction in services at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. Concluding his speech Mr Hunt said: ""For the sakes of the people in South-West Surrey, Guildford, Woking and Surrey Heath—they should stop before it is too late and the lives of ordinary people are lost.""