§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the current review of community psychiatric nursing will be completed; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. Yeo[holding answer 9 June 1992]: The review of mental health nursing was announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in her speech to the Royal College of Nursing congress on 27 April 1992.
The precise terms of reference, the chairmanship and membership of the steering group for the review, together with its method of working, are being finalised.
The review will be concerned with all aspects of mental health nursing including community psychiatric nursing and will examine practice, leadership and education.
248WThe review will be taken forward by a multidisciplinary steering group. The chairmanship and membership of the group will be announced by mid-July. The first meeting of the group will take place in September and the work will be completed within a year.
The work of this review will feed into that of the mental health task force which was announced at the end of February.