§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to fund Leeds as a heart transplant centre; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanWe have no immediate plans to announce the designation of further heart transplant centres. Earlier this year we announced that two additional centres would receive supraregional designation and funding from 1 April 1990. The new centres are at St. George's hospital in Tooting and the Northern general hospital in Sheffield. The supraregional services advisory group keeps the service under review and advises Ministers accordingly.