§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) when he expects the planned new dental hospital in Edinburgh to be built; (2) what plans he has to provide specialised dental facilities in a hospital setting when the dental school has closed.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 18 March 1993]: My right hon. Friend is fully committed to providing such capital investment as is necessary to establish the new dental hospital.
It will be for the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, if its application for trust status is approved, to take forward plans for a new dental hospital and to negotiate contracts for the provision of specialised dental services with prospective purchasing health boards.