§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many typical modern health centres, as described in her Department's leaflet, "NHS Changes in London—Answers to the Questions You've Been Asking" have been established in London.
§ Dr. MawhinneyHealth centres are managed by local health authorities and community trusts and detailed information is therefore not available centrally. Analysis of primary care development plans received from health authorities within the London implementation zone indicates that 24 capital projects involving health centres were established during 1993–94 and a further 33 building developments are planned for 1994–95. Seventy-four additional service improvement initiatives have been identified which will extend primary care provision by introducing dental, orthopaedic, occupational or psychiatric health care within a general practitioner setting. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 18 January at column525. This provided a list of all the LIZ-funded primary care projects established in 1993–94.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new minor injury units there will be in central London, as described in the leaflet, "NHS Changes in London—Answers to the Questions You've Been Asking".
§ Dr. MawhinneyAt present there are two minor injury units in central London, the south Westminster centre and walk-in facilities at St. Charles hospital, Kensington. Plans are being developed to establish further units at St. Bartholomew's Smithfield site and also for Lambeth, Greenwich, Bethnal Green and Hackney.