§ Alistair BurtTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the spinal injuries units in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [6751]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 15 October 2001]: There are eight units in England as follows:
Middlesbrough: South Cleveland HospitalOswestry: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic HospitalSalisbury: Odstock HospitalSheffield: Northern General HospitalSouthport: Southport and Formby General HospitalStanmore: Royal National Orthopaedic HospitalStoke Mandeville: Stoke Mandeville Hospital.On 28 February 2001 my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that a National Service Framework would be developed for long term conditions, and that this would have a particular focus on the needs of people with neurological disease and brain and spinal injury.
Issues relating to Wales are matters for the devolved Assembly.