§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are being taken to reduce the number of patients who fail to attend NHS appointments. [4901]
§ Mr. MilburnThe Department of Health has supported a series of regional seminars to raise awareness of the issues in the National Health Service about patients who do not attend (DNA) their out-patient appointments and to share good practice. We will also be publishing shortly DNA figures for individual trusts in the 1996–97 NHS Performance Tables.