HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 c175W
41. Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to establish a national computer system of National Health Service treatments and operations available and at which locations, against which patients' needs can be computed; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Currie

We have at present no plans to establish a national computer system of National Health Service treatments and operations. We have asked regional health authorities to make available to GPs information, especially about waiting lists and waiting times, to enable them to make the most appropriate referrals for their patients. Some already make use of computerised systems.