HC Deb 21 April 1994 vol 241 cc671-2W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to publish or place in the Library reports from district health authorities due to be submitted through regional health authorities to the management directorate of the NHS excecutive by 1 May concerning the position in relation to the central guidance issued in 1991 on "Welfare of Children and Young People in Hospital", paragraph 6.3, on the specifications for the nurse staffing of children's hospital services and progress made in achieving the standards detailed therein.

Dr. Mawhinney

Responses to the survey of nursing staffing in children's wards and other hospital departments where children are cared for are due shortly, and will require proper aggregation and analysis. The results will be made available.