§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many responses have been received from patients in relation to recent consultations carried out at Marlow Day Hospital. [162427]
§ Ms Rosie Winterton[holding answer 18 March 2004]: The Marlow Day Hospital closed on 28 November 2003, following a six-week internal consultation process with staff as prescribed in the trust's human resources policies. In view of the plan to re-provide an equivalent service for the population of Marlow at the other day hospitals based at Wycombe Hospital and Amersham Hospital, there was no formal public consultation during this period.
Marlow Community Hospital, which is on the same site but managed by Wycombe Primary Care Trust, was unaffected by this change of service.