§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether patients who have grievances regarding their treatment by hospital trusts will be able to have them referred to the health service ombudsman in the same way as patients treated in directly managed hospitals.
§ Mr. DorrellYes. Schedule 9, paragraph 18(10) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 provides for trusts to be subject to investigation by the health service commissioner.