§ Provided that satisfactory progress can be made on the issues to be addressed by the Steering Group listed below, the aim is to move towards the closure of the clinical research centre (CRC) and dispersal of its work by December 1994.
§ The steering group will accordingly oversee the action being taken by the research and health authorities to achieve a withdrawal from the clinical research centre (CRC) facilities at Northwick Park hospital. They will report periodically to Ministers and the chief executive on progress being made to secure
- —an orderly withdrawal;
- —minimum disruption of NHS service;
- —the effective continued use of the CRC buildings and ancillary facilities; and
- —compatibility with national and local service and research strategies.
§ The steering group would make its first report to Ministers and the chief executive by spring 1990, and aim to make a further report by autumn 1990.