HC Deb 27 January 2004 vol 417 cc331-2W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the categories of treatment for which health trusts in the Avon area are refusing to accept referrals from general practitioners; what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have been refused in each case; and if he will make a statement. [149171]

Ms Rosie Winterton

[holding answer 19 January 2004]The information requested is not held centrally. It is for primary care trusts to ensure that suitable commissioning arrangements are in place. HSC 2002/007 (Securing Service Delivery: Commissioning Freedoms of Primary Care Trusts) and HSC 1998/198 (Commissioning in the new NHS) provide further information.