§ Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received regarding actions of the West Norfolk and Wisbech health authority in respect of terminating pregnancies on social grounds; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe Department has received correspondence from four hon. Members on this subject. I understand that the health authority has not received any formal representations. Under the Abortion Act 1967 a pregnancy may be terminated only if two registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that an abortion is justified in terms of the Act. It is for health authorities to decide the level of their provision for abortion services in the light of local needs and priorities and competing claims on resources.
Supra-regional service Hospital(s) 1. Chorioncarcinoma services Jessop Hospital for Women, and Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, Charing Cross Hospital, London 2. Craniofacial services Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London 3. Endoprosthetic services for primary bone tumours Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham 4. Heart Transplantation Freeman Hospital, Newcastle General Hospital, Sheffield, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge and The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, Harefield Hospital, St. George's Hospital, London, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester 5. Liver Transplantation Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, King's College Hospital, London, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and St James's University Hospital, Leeds 6. Non-transplant liver services King's College Hospital, London, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and Children's Hospital, Birmingham 7. Neonatal and infant cardiac services Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, Guy's Hospital, London, Southampton General Hospital, Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Harefield Hospital and National Heart and Chest Hospitals, Brompton, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London 8. Psychiatric services for deaf people Springfield Hospital, London, Whittingham Hospital, Preston 9. Retinablastoma services St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London 10. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield For some services, clinical activity also takes place in units which are not designated.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of those medical conditions which cannot be treated by hospitals within England but can be treated by hospitals within Wales.
§ Mr. FreemanWe are not aware of any medical conditions for which treatment services exist in Wales which are not similarly provided in England.