§ 12. Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide additional finances to the East Dyfed health authority to enable the completed intensive care unit to receive patients.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsNo, Sir. East Dyfed health authority is responsible for the revenue cost of running the intensive care unit.
§ Dr. ThomasIs the Under-Secretary of State aware of the deep outrage felt in that area, especially as almost one third of the money for the capital cost of that unit came from the public and recently the unit has been lucky enough to have a consultant cardiologist?
§ Mr. RobertsIf there is a sense of outrage, I am afraid that it reflects on the East Dyfed health authority, because the authority should not have embarked upon the unit until it was sure that it had the money to run it. I am aware that, of the total capital cost of £341,000, some £54,000 was raised from voluntary sources locally and £287,000 came from the district health authority. As I understand it, the authority is waiting for some savings to be made. It is to be hoped that the unit will be opened in the not-too-distant future.