§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of the accident and emergency department at the Lister hospital. [32298]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 1 February 2002]: The Hertfordshire and south Bedfordshire acute services review aims to explore the best way to provide local 931W people with much better acute services and to meet NHS plan targets for modernising and improving patient services over the next 10 years.
The proposals have not progressed as far as to put forward specific recommendations for accident and emergency departments and the review will continue with ongoing work.