§ Mr. NealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the South West regional health authority in conjunction with the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly health authority are continuing to interview patients in the Camelford area of north Cornwall; and if he will make a statement on the progress of these investigations.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Cornwall and Isles of Scilly health authority has arranged for a consultant to see those people from the Camelford area who wish to have a medical check following exposure to the water contaminated with aluminium sulphate. These medical checks are carried out every Saturday morning at the East Cornwall hospital. The necessary support facilities are available should the consultant wish to refer anyone for further medical examination.
These sessions will continue for as long as is needed. They are additional to the normal health service provision, 474W available at the time of the pollution incident and since, whereby anyone can consult a general practitioner for both diagnosis and treatment and can be referred to a hospital consultant by the general practitioner.