HC Deb 14 June 1988 vol 135 c172W
Mr. Thorne

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what assessment he has made of the extra capital costs likely to accrue as a result of the decision by the North-East Thames regional health authority to build a new cancer hospital at Southend and refurbish some existing facilities in its area instead of building the new hospital at Harold Wood and abandoning those existing facilities;

(2) what assessment he has made of the extra revenue costs likely to accrue as a result of the decision by the North-East Thames regional health authority to build a new cancer hospital at Southend and refurbish some existing facilities in its area instead of building the new hospital at Harold Wood and abandoning those existing facilities.

Mrs. Currie

My hon. Friend may wish to contact the chairman of the North-East Thames regional health authority about the funding of cancer services within the region.