HC Deb 30 March 1995 vol 257 c801W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the costing of the closure programme for psychiatric hospitals; and if he will make a statement. [16814]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Closures of psychiatric hospitals normally result from a joint assessment of patients needs involving both the local authority and the health board. Where reprovision in the community is proposed, appropriate financial resources towards the cost of that provision transfer from the NHS to the local authority.

Value for money is, of course, taken into account in the health board's overall planning.

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