§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make an assessment of the impact on the health of patients needing to see a neurosurgeon of long journeys to Walton Hospital, Liverpool. [34820]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsNo. It is for clinicians to make such an assessment, based on the likely benefit to each patient of investigation and treatment from the specialist neuro-surgical service at Walton Hospital.