HC Deb 24 April 1995 vol 258 c323W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the policy of patients in casualty being asked whether they will go into private facilities within that hospital. [20624]

Mr. Sackville

It is for the individual patient or their guardian to request private medical treatment. No pressure should be placed on patients in accident and emergency departments to be treated privately.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of acute private beds in England in 1993–94 in(a) NHS facilities and (b) in total. [20626]

Mr. Sackville

This information is not available centrally.

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