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Parliamentary Question 17th October 2007

Health: University Hospital of North Staffordshire: Research

Q:To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies were undertaken at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire involving children from overseas in the 1990s.

A:The information requested is not centrally held by the Department. The NHS West Midlands strategic health authority reports that University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has recently written to the hon. Member following a similar request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Dawn Primarolo (Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health)

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