The Newport West MP, 72, was taken to London's St Thomas' Hospital after collapsing in the Commons tea room on Tuesday evening.

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One sign of the times is that the lodge of medical freemasons that met for years at London's St Thomas's Hospital has recently been told to convene elsewhere.

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Dr Tony Rudd, a consultant stroke physician from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust in London, told BBC News Online that even a few minutes saved could be important.

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