§ 37. Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action he proposes to ensure the future of cottage hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir K. JosephThe future of cottage hospitals is linked with policy on community hospitals on which, as I said in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham (Mr. Moate) on 13th June, I intend to make a statement when the current consultations are complete.—[Vol. 838, c. 1239–40.]