Private Hospitals (Hansard, 3 February 1989)

HC Deb 03 February 1989 vol 146 c437W 437W

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will institute an immediate study of the number of National Health Service patients treated in the private sector in 1987–88, who have been readmitted to National Health Service hospitals in the six months following their treatment in the private sector.

§ Mr. Mellor
No.

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will institute an immediate system of medical audit for patients treated in private hospitals monitored by independent medical authorities outside the private sector.

§ Mr. Mellor
No.