§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 7 May,Official Report, column 423, to the hon. Member for Don Valley, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally in respect of health authorities that provide British sign language interpreters for deaf and hard of hearing patients.
§ Mr. DorrellIt is up to providers of health services to make arrangements locally to assist communication with592W resource management at the pilot sites has been slower than originally anticipated, but that substantial progress has been made and continues to be made at each of the sites. The report also suggested that the pilot sites have provided valuable lessons for the future development of resource management. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library.