HC Deb 14 February 1990 vol 167 cc304-5W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the implications of the changes in the National Health Service on family planning clinics.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Under the National Health Service review proposals, districts will be responsible for ensuring that their resident populations have access to a comprehensive range of services and this will include family planning. The new funding arrangements will be particularly helpful to family planning clinics which provide services to residents of many districts. Clinics will be able to obtain resources from all authorities whose residents use their services.