HC Deb 16 December 1994 vol 251 cc830-1W
Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the studies undertaken into the National Blood Authority which led to the conclusion that five regional transfusion centres should be closed.

Mr. Sackville

Part of the remit given to the National Blood Authority on its establishment was to provide a strategy to secure an adequate and cost-effective supply of blood and blood products to meet national needs. A review of the blood service was therefore undertaken by the authority.