§ Ms. CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how her Department intends to make provision for the demand for national health service homeopathic treatment in the Bristol area; and what are her Department's plans for the Bristol Homeopathic hospital.
§ Mr. YeoResponsibility for the purchasing of health services in the Bristol area, including homeopathic services, rests with the Bristol and district health authority. The health authority have given an undertaking that homeopathic services will continue to be provided for Bristol residents for as long as demand exists. The Department has no plans for the Bristol Homeopathic hospital. The hospital is not included in the asset base of the United Bristol Healthcare Trust and therefore decisions relating to its current or future use remain the responsibility of the Bristol and district health authority in consultation with the South Western regional health authority.