HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 c40W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the components of the NHS will make recommendations for the placement in mental nursing homes of people with learning difficulties or mental health problems under the new arrangements set out in the White Paper, The New NHS (Cm 3807). [46509]

Mr. Boateng

The White PaperThe New NHS makes no change in this respect. Clinicians, working where appropriate with the relevant social work professionals, will make decisions about the appropriate placing of people with learning difficulties or mental health problems within the health and social care systems.