§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what new and additional resources he has committed to meeting the objectives of the patients charter in Wales, excluding from his reply the costs of the publication and its preparation and distribution.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe patients charter for Wales builds on existing good practice within the NHS. Some of 417W the guarantees and standards in the charter are already being achieved by health authorities in Wales. Where the objectives in the charter are not presently being achieved, health authorities will need to use the resources allocated to them.