HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 c648W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on responsibility for health in British Overseas Territories. [24439]

Mr. Bradshaw

I have been asked to reply.

Health services are the responsibility of all the locally elected Governments in the territories. Some have entered into reciprocal Health Agreements with the United Kingdom for referrals of serious cases where inadequate facilities exist. These are: Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat and St. Helena.