§ 93. Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on action being taken to improve the quality of service being given by the National Health Service.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe White Paper reforms aim to provide a better National Health Service with more attention to quality of care and customer service flowing from greater devolution, the separation of the purchaser and provider functions and introduction of contracts, wider choice and the extension of medical and clinical audit. These proposals are being reinforced by a series of initiatives to make the consumers' interest more central to the management and delivery of health care.