HC Deb 12 December 1994 vol 251 cc468-9W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of whether the Anglia and Oxford regional health authority received the best possible price for the Mundesley hospital on its disposal;

(2) if the Anglia and Oxford regional health authority received independent advice on the valuation of the Mundesley hospital prior to its disposal.

Mr. Sackville

Regional health authorities managing the disposal of surplus property must follow the guidance contained in "Property Transactions in the NHS", part of the estatecode series. Independent valuation advice is not required where the RHA has suitably qualified in-house staff, which is the case in Anglia and Oxford. The sale of Mundesley hospital is being conducted by the local office of a national firm of chartered surveyors. A sale has not yet been agreed, but the RHA is considering offers made for the property.