§ Mr. Hal Millerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how much time for consultation the West Midlands Regional Health Authority will be allowing interested bodies on their proposals 79W for the new district general hospital for Bromsgrove and Redditch;
(2) in the consultative document which the West Midlands Regional Health Authority will be issuing about the new district general hospital for Bromsgrove and Redditch, whether provision will be made for the investigation of an alternative site to the Woodrow site, which would be more accessible to the people of Bromsgrove;
(3) when the West Midlands Regional Health Authority will be issuing the consultative documents about the size, content and siting of the new district general hospital for Bromsgrove and Redditch;
(4) which bodies the West Midlands Regional Health Authority will be consulting on their proposals for the new district general hospital for Bromsgrove and Redditch.
§ Mr. MoyleThe West Midlands Regional and Hereford and Worcester Area Health Authorities expect to issue a consultative document next month about the size, content and siting of the proposel new Bromsgrove/Redditch district general hospital. It will be sent to the Bromsgrove/Redditch Community Health Council, the Bromsgrove and Redditch District Councils, the Redditch Development Corporation and the Hereford and Worcester County Council, and we have advised that at least two months will be allowed for comment. One of the possibilities the document will mention is making detailed investigations of alternatives to the Woodrow site.