§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the relative roles of the National Health Service Trust Federation and regional health authorities.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe National Health Service Trust Federation is a body set up by the trusts themselves to represent them. It has no statutory role.
605WRegional health authorities are statutory bodies which have a key strategic role in the management structure of the reformed NHS. They are the Government's agents for managing change and for ensuring the implementation of the Government's policies on health.