§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of accident and emergency facilities in the Islington, Hackney, Haringey and Bloomsbury authorities in respect of major accident procedures; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 3 November 1989]: After any major incident all the hospitals involved automatically review their procedures and update them according to any lessons learnt.
All the major incident casualty receiving hospitals in Islington, City and Hackney, Haringey and Bloomsbury district health authorities have recently revised or are currently revising their major incident procedures and all expect to have issued a revised programme guide by early in the new year.