§ Mr. DevaTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what experience has been gained elsewhere on the successful operation of an ambulatory care centre of the size of which is proposed for Guy's hospital which is separated from an in-patient service on another site; and what is her assessment of the practicability of the scheme.
§ Mr. SackvillePatient care throughout the national health service is increasingly being delivered on a day case and out-patient basis and the proposals for an ambulatory care centre at Guy's would put it at the forefront of such developments.
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust has carried out considerable and detailed work on the proposals which are currently the subject of public consultation. My hon. Friend may wish to contact Lord Hayhoe, the chairman of the Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospital Trust, for further details of the proposals.
A copy of the consultation document "Looking to the Future" is available in the Library.