HC Deb 20 February 1990 vol 167 cc715-6W
62. Mr. Colin Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will next meet the chairman of the West Midlands regional health authority to discuss the funding needs of health authorities in the region and the effects of population bias toward the elderly living in rural areas.

Mr. Freeman

My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State has at present no plans to do so.

63. Mr. Beaumont-Dark

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to the West Midlands health authority plan.

Mr. Freeman

Matters that have been discussed by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State and the chairman of the West Midlands regional health authority have included the regional health authority's plans for Birmingham which were the subject of preliminary local consultation last year. Revised proposals were issued for further local consultation on 30 January, and will be carefully considered as and when they are approved by that authority for submission to Ministers.