§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make additional resources available to regional health authorities to enable them to purchase and install in their hospitals more medical lasers.
§ Mr. WhitneyIt is not our general policy to make special allocations for specific items of equipment. It is for health authorities to decide how best to deploy their cash limits in the light of national and local priorities.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many lasers have been purchased by each regional health authority in England during the last seven years; and at what cost.
§ Mr. WhitneyThis information is not available centrally.