HC Deb 11 July 1972 vol 840 c291W
Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what arrangements he is making for the co-ordination between the Manchester and Newcastle Hospital Boards for provision of units for the young chronic sick whose homes are in Furness and North Lonsdale, in view of the proposed alterations in boundaries of the two boards.

Mr. Alison

No changes are proposed in the boundaries of the Manchester and Newcastle Regional Hospital Boards. When the reorganisation of the National Health Service comes into effect, it will be for the new authorities to work together in providing health services, as the present authorities do; the new boundaries will not be barriers to the movement of patients.