§ Mr. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his statement of 21 January, Official Report, column 193, on the report of the enquiry into the salmonella poisoning outbreak at Stanley Royd hospital, Wakefield, if he will make a statement on his discussions with the district and regional health authority chairmen concerned and on the action which they have been asked to take as a result.
§ Mr. HayhoeMy right hon. Friend and I had meetings with the chairman of Yorkshire regional health authority and the chairman of Wakefield health authority on 23 January. The main purposes of the meetings were to emphasise the seriousness of what had occurred and our determination that there should be no recurrence. They gave their commitment to making speedy reports of action taken and to be taken by both authorities on all matters in the report calling for responses.