HC Deb 27 October 1993 vol 230 c692W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health under which provision of the NHS Acts the removal of patients from London to private hospitals in Northumbria and York is permitted.

Mr. Bowis

Decisions on where a patient should be treated are the responsibility of the purchasing authority. The transfer of detained patients from one hospital to another is authorised by section 19 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

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