§ The Earl of Selborneasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton, will be considered as a potential site for the provision of specialist orthopaedic facilities in the forthcoming study of future orthopaedic provision in Hampshire. [HL4699]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathExpert advice indicates that specialist orthopaedic facilities should be based on the sites of district general hospitals. The scoping study will consider how to make better use of existing orthopaedic capacity and, if required, how to increase this capacity on the sites of existing district general hospitals in line with this advice. The Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital site is not therefore being considered as part of this study.