HC Deb 23 March 1990 vol 169 c763W
Sir John Farr

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ensure that back-up hospital facilities are maintained outside city centres in order to reduce the time and financial costs involved in travelling to concentrated facilities.

Mr. Freeman

It is for each individual health authority to decide its pattern of services locally in the light of its assessment of needs and priorities as against available resources.