§ Sir Gilbert Longdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made in the McKinsey Inquiry into the National Health Service; and what has been its cost to date.
§ Sir K. JosephA study is being conducted by a steering committee under the chairmanship of my Department's Permanent Secretary into what the management arrangements should be in the reorganised Health Service. McKinsey and Company is taking part in the study.
A programme of field-testing of working hypotheses is being carried out for the steering committee. The committee is expected to be in a position to make recommendations to me by the end of July.
Over the first eight months of its engagement, from July, 1971, to February, 1972, the cost of employing McKinsey and Company averaged £6,548 per month.