To ask the Secretary of State for Health what checks the English NHS hospitals in which Welsh patients were treated under the Welsh Assembly Government's second offer scheme made as to whether adequate facilities were available in Wales for any follow-up or remedial surgery required; and what steps the hospitals took to discuss each patient's case with their consultants in Wales before operations were undertaken under the scheme. (119024)

The decision to treat patients under the Welsh Assembly Government's second offer scheme is a local decision for the national health service trust or NHS foundation trust concerned. Each organisation will reach agreement with the NHS Wales about the systems for referral and follow-up care.