§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names of the hospitals which have been studied by the Brunel University Unit for the purpose of comparing performance; what criteria were used; and if he will make a statement concerning the value of the advice on management within the National Health Service resulting from these studies.
§ Sir K. JosephThe studies have been principally conducted in the hospitals of the Westminster Board of Governors and of the following hospital management 79W committees in the North-West Metropolitan Region: Hillingdon Group Hospital Management Committee, North-wick Park Hospital Management Committee, North London Group Hospital Management Committee, and Staines Hospital Management Committee.
The purpose of the studies has not been to compare performance but to help to understand problems of hospital organisation and to bring about controlled change. I understand that the hospital authorities concerned have found the work useful.