§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will define locality as it relates to the provision of core services by self-governing hospitals under the terms of his White Paper "Working for Patients."
§ Mr. Mellor"Self-Governing Hospitals: an Initial Guide", published yesterday, gives further information about factors to be considered by DHAs in deciding what services should be core services. It explains that a decision on what is acceptable as a definition of local will vary from place to place depending on geography (especially urban versus rural), historic patterns of referral, and social factors such as travelling time and cost.