§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the provision of additional hospital accommodation for the continuing care of elderly patients in Haddington to replace the receiving ward at East Fortune hospital.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 13 May 1993]: It will be for the East and Midlothian Unit NHS trust, if its application for trust status is approved, to take forward plans for the replacement of East Fortune hospital, in discussion with purchasing health boards.
Assessment of the need for national health service accommodation for the continuing care of the elderly in East Lothian is a matter for Lothian health board. The provision of such accommodation is a matter for the board as purchaser and, if its application for trust status is approved, the East and Midlothian NHS trust.