§ Sir Nigel Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will undertake a study of cost effective systems in the National Health Service, including a study of the annual saving to the National Health Service of transferring the hospital cleaning services to private enterprise instead of employing direct labour.
§ Mr. DeakinsWe emphasised in"The Way Forward"the need for a more effective use of resources. My Department expects to commission some studies of hospital cleaning services later this year. These should enable a comparison to be made between services employing direct labour and private contractors.