§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration she has given to(a) transportation time and motorway congestion, (b) the future for local blood transfusion centres donor registries and (c) the working relationship between blood transfusion centres and local hospitals and community groups of blood donors when restructuring the blood transfusion centres.
§ Mr. SackvilleThose matters are the responsibility of the National Blood Authority, which was set up to manage the blood service. I understand that all these84W issues were carefully considered by officials at the National Blood Authority in the process of drawing up their proposals.