§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his policy in relation to promoting the establishment of high dependency unit beds in the hospital service. [2460]
§ Mr. BoatengProvision of high dependency care is one of many policy areas to which we are turning our attention.
As a first step, we have asked regional offices to report on the current position and we will be using this to take forward consideration of adult and high dependency care.