§ 24. Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he is making towards the 191W establishment of a choice between single sex and the mixed wards for all hospital patients; and if he will make a statement. [2196]
§ Mr. HoramIt is for the trusts and health authorities to decide for themselves how to use the resources available to them. The national health service executive has commissioned a survey of the current position on mixed-sex wards and will consider what action, if any, is required when the report of that survey is received.