§ Phil SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 19 January 2004,Official Report, columns 1069–70W, on North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust, when he expects to receive the results of the audit of the use of negative extrathoracic pressure at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust. [150593]
§ Dr. LadymanThe independent follow-up study of continuous negative extrathoracic pressure patients at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire National Health Service Trust is being carried out independently by a research team based at Queens Medical Centre Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust. This study is expected to be completed by the end of August 2004, but the results will need to be collated before publication.