HC Deb 13 March 1995 vol 256 cc408-9W
Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the neuro-surgery units situated in(a) Greater London, (b) South Thames region and (c) North Thames region; and what were their capacity and occupancy rates on the night of 6 March.

Mr. Sackville

The information is as follows:

Neuro-surgery units situated in Greater London: Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust, The Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust, St. George's NHS Trust, The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, The Hospitals for Sick Children, Havering Hospitals NHS Trust, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust.

Neuro-surgery units in South Thames: Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust, The Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust, St. George's NHS Trust and Mid Sussex NHS Trust.

Neuro-surgery units in North Thames: The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, The Royal Free Hospital Hampstead NHS Trust, The Hospitals for Sick Children, Havering Hospitals NHS Trust, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust.

Information on units' capacity and occupancy rates on the night of 6 March is not available centrally. South Thames regional office is conducting an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Malcolm Murray, and capacity and occupancy levels is one of the areas being investigated.

Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the neuro-surgery units which were contacted by Queen Mary's hospital, Sidcup, on the night of 6 March in relation to the case raised by the hon. Member for Woolwich in his letter dated 7 March; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. William Wells, chairman of South Thames regional health authority.

South Thames regional office is conducting an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Malcolm Murray.

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