§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the quality and the objectivity of the civil service nursing advice provided in respect of(a) the national nursing audit development project and (b) the recently funded £120,000 nursing diagnosis/nomenclature project; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 24 November 1992]: These projects seek to improve the information available about nursing treatments and to improve patient care by helping nurses to develop ways of critically reviewing their work. The relevant funding decisions were taken with the benefit of a range of advice from both within and outside the civil service.