HC Deb 13 March 2001 vol 364 c586W
30. Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the implementation of the NHS plan in Birmingham. [151979]

Yvette Cooper

Birmingham health authority, working with National Health Service trusts, primary care groups. primary care trusts and the local authority, is on course to implement and resource the radical programme of change over the next 10 years as set out in the NHS Plan.

As a result we expect to see improvements in tackling heart disease, in the delivery of cancer services and further improvements in mental health services in line with the NHS frameworks. In addition, there will be further modernisation of hospital facilities in Birmingham following my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State's recent approval for a major new hospital development in South Birmingham and the development of an ambulatory care and diagnostic centre on the City Hospital site.