§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will review the procedures whereby elderly people are discharged from hospital in North Staffordshire without adequate aftercare facilities being available for them; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergNo. Responsibility for hospital services in North Staffordshire rests with the Staffordshire area health authority, with whom the hon. Member may care to take up this matter direct.