HC Deb 22 October 1990 vol 178 c34W
Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines are issued by his Department to area health authorities as to the relative priority to he granted to patients(a) over the age of 70 years and (b) under the age of 70 years who have been diagnosed as having suffered serious coronary attacks, in respect of acute care treatments.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

None. The treatment of an individual patient is a matter for the clinician responsible for his or her care.