Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Thursday, 1 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 December 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Primary Care Trusts

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health why Mr. John Bacon's letter of 30 November 2005 to Pearse Butler of the Cumbria and Lancashire strategic health authority does not refer to Pendle in the latest proposals for primary care trust reconfiguration.

Answer: [holding answer 6 December 2005]: The letter from John Bacon to Pearse Butler of Cumbria and Lancashire strategic health authority omitted reference to Pendle in error. The option to consult on six primary care trusts (PCTs) should read as follows:"““Option 3–6 PCTs; Blackpool PCT, Blackburn with Darwen PCT, Cumbria PCT, Lancaster, Fylde and Wyre PCT, Burnley, Rossendale, Pendle, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley PCT and West Lancashire, South Ribble, Chorley and Preston PCT””."

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