§ Mr. McCabeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will take into account the implications of the Bristol inquiry report before making further decisions on the national specialist commissionary advisory group report; [6764]
(2) what the terms of reference were of the national specialist commissionary advisory group report into the future of heart transplant units; and if he will place a copy in the Library. [6763]
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§ Mr. HuttonWe have published our intention to keep all six cardiothoracic transplant centres open in the discussion document "National Adult Heart and Lung Transplant Service" published on 21 September. We will receive comments on these proposals until 7 December.
The report by the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory group was an internal Department of Health paper. However reference to the paper is included in discussion document the "National Adult Heart and Lung Transplant service".
We are still considering our response to the Bristol Inquiry Report.