§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends publishing a list of hospitals and other medical units that have expressed an interest in becoming self governing; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythHealth boards in Scotland have not yet been asked to invite from hospitals and other units expressions of interest in self-governing status. I shall be discussing this with health board chairmen later this month. I then intend to make rapid progress in identifying those hospitals and so on that wish to consider becoming self-governing. In the meantime, I have received a number of informal expressions of interest.