HC Deb 26 January 1995 vol 253 cc339-40W
Mr. Sims

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government have to introduce legislation to protect the patients of physiotherapists in the private sector.

Analysis of this information could, if present, provide an indication of the presence of terminal illness or very serious illness. The information, however, would be unlikely to be complete, difficult to interpret, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

A death known and recorded as having been assisted by a person or persons unknown would not be recorded as a suicide.