HC Deb 20 January 1993 vol 217 cc320-1W
Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will establish a nationally funded programme of research into, and practice of, surgical techniques in the treatment and cure of epilepsy.

Mr. Yeo

No. There are already well-established procedures for neurosurgery on people with epilepsy. It is for health authorities, within available resources, to purchase services to meet the needs of their residents including the need for epilepsy surgery.