that, however long it takes. mark reckless. >> i am grateful to the prime minister for spending so much time in rochester and strood. dr phillip barnes, the acting chief executive of medway hospital said this morning that , what our hospital needs is a period of patience and stability. does the prime minister agree? >> the prime minister. -- agree. i agree that it does need those things but it also needs the , attention that will be brought about by the special measures that medway is in. we have seen extra a and e consultants and nurses going in. 112 additional nurses and 61 more doctors, but it will take time to turn around a hospital that did have very high rates of mortality and still has challenges. the only thing that i fail to understand is why he decided to join a party that does not believe in the nhs and that wants to break it up. >> in 1971, the first refuge in the world was set up in chiswick in my constituency. the home secretary yesterday announced £10 million for refuges across the country. a much-needed investment. will my right honorable friend join me in calling for an end to domestic abuse right across the country? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. we need action against domestic abuse on every front. we have passed new legislation . we have improved training for the police. refuges are crucial, which is why the announcements that we have made about discrete funding are so important. >> pamela nash. >> i really appreciate what the prime minister said about the investment from the government in antiretrovirals, and i commend them for their investment in the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. however, i ask the house to remember that 76% of children who are living with hiv around the world do not receive medication, largely because there is no research and development incentive to make such medications available. we have seen at our peril that a lack of investment in neglected diseases, such as ebola, risks the health of everyone in the world. can i ask the prime minister what he will do to encourage investment in neglected diseases? >> i very much agree with what she said about the global fund. it has been an excellent way of getting countries around the world to make contributions. and britain has been no slouch in doing so and has been a major funder of the global fund. i think in terms of how we tackle diseases, pandemics and , problems in our world, i think that we need to have a serious look at the world health organization. it is that body which is under the ambit of the un, that ought to be able to respond and to do so rapidly, but it is badly in need of reform. as i have said in this house before, we need to look at how we pool resources so that we can act more quickly. but part of that should be reforming, in particular, the regional aspects of the who, which is not fit for purpose. >> andrew turner. >> does my right honorable friend believe that tony blair should get a global legacy award from save the children for taking us to war unnecessarily in iraq? >> the prime minister. >> the remarkable thing about that award is that tony blair got it from someone who used to work for gordon brown. so, obviously the person who , gave the award knows about peacemaking and peacekeeping, but i think it is not for me to get involved. >> jack dromey. >> in 2010, the prime minister promised to protect the front line, yet with the biggest police cuts in europe, our police service is facing the loss of 30,000 officers, more than half of them from the front line, which is threatening, in the words of the association of chief police officers, their ability to perform their statutory functions and protect the vulnerable. does the prime minister understand the concern that is being expressed in communities all over the country at his government's systematic undermining of the bedrock of policing. local policing and neighborhood policing? >> i do not except what he says, because, look, we have made difficult decisions about police budgets. we had to cut those budgets by 20%, but at the same time as doing that, what we have seen that crime has actually fallen in this country, whether you measure it by the national crime survey or the figures reported to the police. on both counts, crime has come down. the other thing that has happened is that because the police have done such a magnificent job at reform and efficiency, the percentage of officers on the front line has actually gone up. >> jason mccartney. >> every hour a man dies from prostate cancer in the uk. testicular cancer is now the most common cancer in men aged 24 to 49 in the uk and, on average, 12 men a day die as a result of suicide. will the prime minister join me in congratulating all the men who have taken part in the movember campaign to raise these men's health issues, and will the government continue to fund them

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