§ 29. Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will make available additional resources to the Leicestershire health authority to enable it to fully open the kidney unit at the general hospital.
§ Mr. FreemanI understand Trent regional health authority has agreed with Leicestershire health authority to open three new beds in the renal unit at Leicester general hospital at a cost of £90,000 per annum. The beds are available now and I understand the health authority plans to have the necessary staff in post by 20 November. The health authorities hope to open a further three beds next year, bringing the unit to its full complement a year earlier than originally planned.