HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc369-70W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to ensure that patients from the Gwent health authority currently treated at the burns unit located at St. Lawrence hospital, Chepstow will be treated at Morriston hospital, Swansea, when the new burns unit opens there.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

The service currently located at St. Lawrence is for the treatment of patients who require more specialist facilities than can normally be provided at a district general hospital. It is the Department's policy that patients in this category from the south Wales area, including those from Gwent, should be referred for treatment to Morriston hospital, Swansea when service is transferred to the new burns unit there.

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales to which hospital the Gwent health authority will send patients requiring specialised treatment following the planned closure of the burns unit at St. Lawrence hospital, Chepstow.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer that I gave on 21 October 1991.