HC Deb 07 November 1989 vol 159 c560W
46. Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will direct the Rotherham health authority to retain the Wathwood hospital and the present number of beds for the elderly infirm which are currently provided at this hospital.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The provision of local health services is a matter for the district health authority concerned, in this case Rotherham health authority.