§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make it his policy when implementing expenditure cuts in the National Health Service to keep together nurses with special skills in dealing with leukaemia cases and their patients.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeIt is for district health authorities to make decisions of these kind to meet their local needs and priorities within the resources available. Health authorities have broadly the same spending power this year as last year. As health authorities have been asked to concentrate their search for greater efficiency in areas which do not directly affect patient care, I see no reason at all why services for treating leukaemia patients should be at risk.