§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Health what provision is being made in the West Riding of Yorkshire for the treatment and education of spina bifida children.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonMost cases in the West Riding are referred to the Sheffield Children's Hospital for operation and associated investigations. Surgery is also undertaken in neuro-surgical departments at Pinderfields Hospitals, Wakefield, and, to a lesser extent, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, and Leeds General Infirmary.
Long-term hospital care is available at a number of hospitals in the area, the orthopaedic services providing any necessary operative treatment.
I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science that there are special schools for physically handicapped children in the area which can accept children suffering from spina bifida, and a new boarding special school for such children is to be built by the Sheffield local education authority.