Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has raised concerns about the impact of potentially closing a popular walk-in health centre in the city centre.
The Sidwell Street walk-in centre and sexual health clinic faces an uncertain future after it was revealed that Devon's main NHS organisation is facing a £430 million deficit by 2019.
The Echo understands that the city centre facility – that sees 900 to 1,100 patients per week – would close its doors by late 2015.
But the other walk-in centre at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital would apparently remain open.
The Labour MP asked Prime Minister David Cameron at PMTs on Wednesday about the impact of the financial "crisis" in the local NHS.
Mr Bradshaw said: "People in Devon face being denied operations if they are overweight or smokers, as well as the loss of all fertility treatment, cataract operations restricted to just one eye, and the closure of Exeter's very successful walk-in centre, all because of the unprecedented financial crisis facing my local NHS. Does the Prime Minister still think that his massive and costly reorganisation has been a success?"
Mr Cameron responded: "What we did by reducing the bureaucracy in the NHS is save £5 billion in this parliament. That is why, nationally, there are over 8,000 more doctors and 2,500 more nurses. We have been able to do that only because there are 20,000 fewer administrators in the NHS. Those are the figures."
Mr Bradshaw then appeared to indicate opposition.
Mr Cameron added: "The Right Hon. Gentleman may shake his head, but those are the figures. His local clinical commissioning group is getting an £18 million cash increase in the next year, and it is going to get an additional £19 million through the Better Care fund, so locally there should be improvements in services rather than the picture he paints."
The Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Care Commissioning Group (CCG) buys NHS services for an area of 900,000 people, covering hospitals, ambulances and mental health services.
Under current saving plans, it will be short by £191m in five years, despite cost-saving measures of £239m.
To make the savings, it is looking at prescribed drugs, providing more healthcare in the community and cutting routine operations for people who smoke or who are very overweight.
