§ Mr. Terry FieldsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will undertake an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of six patients356W transferred from Sefton general hospital to Mossley Hill hospital between December 1989 and January 1990; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Liverpool health authority has already inquired into this and is satisfied that there is nothing to link the deaths of these patients with their transfer from Sefton general hospital to Mossley Hill hospital. These moves were carried out under proper medical supervision and were part of the health authority's carefully planned strategy for rationalisation of geriatric services in the district.