SHADOW Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will be visiting Bolton next month.

The main aim of his visit is to highlight funding issues in Bolton's health services. He will visit the Royal Bolton Hospital in the morning where he will meet with chief executive David Fillingham and Bolton Hospice in the afternoon of Thursday, November 4.

Mr Lansley has said, if the Conservatives get into power, he will personally launch an investigation into the Royal Bolton Hospital and its finances.

The visit has been organised by prospective Bolton West MP Phillip Allott.