MP Barry Sheerman has slammed plans to cut NHS funding in Huddersfield.

As reported, a decision is due this week that will decide how much cash Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England will receive to fund healthcare for their areas.

This money is used to for a wide range of GP and community health services, including some hospital care, mental health services and community nursing.

Proposed figures published by NHS England show Greater Huddersfield CCG would have �21m shaved off its current budget.

Calderdale and North Kirklees could lose about £25m each.

Huddersfield health chiefs admitted last week that they have no idea if the cuts will take place.

But Mr Sheerman said the ‘writing had been on the wall’ since 2010 when then Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, reduced the weighting given to health inequalities in the funding formula from 15% to 10%.

The current proposed changes will see a further shift with a new emphasis on the amount of elderly people in an area.

Mr Sheerman, pictured, said under plans, Huddersfield would lose by �86 for every man, woman and child while affluent Windsor gained �120 for every person.

In all northern areas are set to lose �0.75bn while the southern ones gain �283m.

Mr Sheerman said: “It is nothing short of immoral to raid NHS funding in Huddersfield to give it to more affluent areas.

“Families in Huddersfield are facing a cost of living crisis of David Cameron’s making.

“These plans would see local GP opening hours cut back, treatments restricted to save money and more NHS walk-in centres forced to close down.

“This is further proof that you can’t trust David Cameron with the NHS.”