§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 June 1999,Official Report, column 416, if he will make a statement on the joint funding by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Trust and the North Staffordshire Trust of a cancer specialist. [88724]
§ Mr. HuttonThe North Staffordshire Hospital National Health Service Trust has recently appointed a clinical oncologist who will also work a number of sessions in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust joint cancer centre. Manpower issues in respect of the business case for a new linear accelerator at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital joint cancer centre will be explored more thoroughly within the NHS Executive—West Midlands Regional Office's overall consideration of the business case.