§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now convene an emergency meeting of the National Health Service management board to consider the report of the King's Fund on inner London health services.
§ Mr. NewtonThe King's Fund report is concerned primarily with the planning of health services in inner 627W London, and will be taken into account both by the management board and by the four Thames regions as those plans are reviewed and developed.
As the hon. Member is aware, in 1987–88 London will benefit from a special bridging fund of £30 million over two years which has been established, as well as from a share of the growth money recently allocated to the Thames regions. We are pursuing with regions the need to consider the needs of teaching and research and social deprivation when deciding allocations to districts, and these factors are being studied further by the RAWP review team.