HC Deb 22 November 1990 vol 181 cc196-7W
Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which hospitals in the West Midlands regional health authority area have been asked to prepare contingency plans for possible receipt of injured service personnel from the Gulf; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what contingency plans are being studied to utilise the specialist units at the Queen Victoria hospital, East Grinstead, in the event of hostilities in the Gulf; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Dunfermline, West (Mr. Douglas) on 16 November at column248. In drawing up their contingency plans, regional health authorities are expected to take account of the services that could be made available by both general and specialist units.