HC Deb 18 May 1989 vol 153 cc289-90W
Mr. Biffen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if, in view of the continuing widespread concern over health care in Shopshire, he will now see a delegation of the Shropshire league of friends following its correspondence with him on 17 March; and what response he has made to its claim that it is statutorily entitled to such consideration.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[holding answer 17 May 1989]: I have told the Shropshire hospitals league of friends that I see little to be gained by discussion of the decisions taken last year, which are now settled and behind us. I have left open the possibility of receiving a delegation from the league of friends and other interested groups if any further proposals concerning health care in Shropshire came to me for decision. Decisions about the financing of health care in Shropshire are of course for the West Midlands regional health authority and day-to-day management decisions are the responsibility of the Shropshire district health authority.

I am aware of no claim by the leagues of friends that they are statutorily entitled to send a delegation to see me.