§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Health Department how the extra military district hospital units to be established in national health service hospitals will be accommodated; and what extra funding will be available for the hospitals in which they are placed.
§ Mr. SackvilleService personnel in military district hospital units will be integrated within national health service hospitals. How they and service patients are accommodated will be a matter to be discussed directly between the hospital and the Ministry of Defence. Any agreed extra costs to a hospital from establishing a unit or from treating service patients will be met from the Defence budget.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence regarding his plans to close the Army's Cambridge military hospital at Aldershot and the Princess Alexandra hospital at Wroughton and to set up regional military district hospital units at NHS hospitals.
§ Mr. SackvilleIn common with other Cabinet colleagues my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has been kept fully appraised of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Defence's proposals.