PROTECTION OF LOCAL HOSPITAL SERVICES

Early day motion 198, tabled 2 July 1997 by Ivan Henderson (Labour). Signed by 39 members.

That this House urges that local community health services such as maternity units, casualty units and in-patient facilities, supported and fought for by local communities over many years, should not be sacrificed to meet any financial short-falls resulting from the bureaucratic excesses of the NHS internal market created by the previous Government.

Signatures by party: Labour 25, Liberal Democrat 7, Labour/Co-operative 5, UUP 1, Unknown 1.