§ 31. Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how his Department monitors the implementation by area health authorities of the recommendations of the Duthie report on orthopaedic waiting lists.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergMonitoring the performance of area health authorities, and district health authorities from 1 April 1982, is the responsibility of regional health392W authorities. During the difficult period of restructuring, we have sought to limit as far as possible requests for information from authorities, but the Department will shortly be inviting selected regional health authorities to comment on how the report has been implemented in their regions.