HC Deb 20 January 1995 vol 252 c770W
Mr. Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what access her Department has to records of complaints from(a) patients and (b) members of surgical professions relating to surgical treatment; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Malone

The Department collects statistics on written complaints made by, or on behalf of, patients in England. The data give numbers of complaints which were wholly or partly about clinical issues but it is not possible to identify the numbers relating specifically to surgical treatment.