§ Mr. SimsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued by his Department to district health authorities on their responsibility to provide artificial limbs and appliances for those people who need them.
§ Mr. DorrellOur planning guidance to health authorities over the last three years has drawn attention to these services as they transferred from central management to local control. We have emphasised the importance of maintaining them by ring-fencing their budget until April 1993. We also announced last week the setting up of an advisory group on rehabilitation: one of its tasks will be to monitor this area.