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Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Disease: Out of Area Treatment

Volume 475: debated on Tuesday 29 April 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients resident in Wales (a) received rehabilitation treatment at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Disease, Bath and (b) were referred for such treatment but failed to receive sanction for the referral in each of the last eight years for which figures are available. (202171)

[holding answer 28 April 2008]: Information about the number of patients resident in Wales, who received rehabilitation treatment at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Disease in Bath, is not held centrally. In addition, information about patients resident in Wales who failed to receive sanction for referral for rehabilitation treatment, at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Disease is not collected centrally. It is the responsibility of Welsh local health boards to commission and fund rehabilitation services to meet the needs of their local populations, including the commissioning of treatment at centres in England.