§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many task forces she has set up since becoming Secretary of State; if she will list them; and if she will provide a breakdown of their cost.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 24 January 1994]: Task forces on the following have been set up since April 1992. Information on expenditure could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Task Forces
- 1. 'Health of the Nation' Accidents
- 2. 'Health of the Nation' Workplace
- 3. 'Health of the Nation' Physical Activity
- 4. Review of Clinical Input into Contracts
- 5. Mental Health Task Force
- 6. Interdepartmental Task Force on Smoking
- 7. Corporate Governance
- 8. Community Care Support Force
- 9. Norwich II
- 10. Black and Ethnic Minority Health
- 11. NHS Research
- 12. A Strategy for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting Research
- 13. Nutrition
- 14. Chiropody
- 15. St. Vincent's Task Force for Diabetes (Joint Department of Health and British Diabetic Association Task Force)
- 16. Data Quality
- 17. Day Surgery