Edgware Hospital: Rheumatology

Mr. Dismore
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ensure that rheumatologists at Edgware hospital will be able to continue to refer patients direct to physiotherapy and podiatry services at Edgware hospital on the same day; what the reasons were for the change in these arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Bradshaw
This is a matter for the local national health service. It is for the local health organisations to decide how to best serve their local communities.