HC Deb 23 February 1993 vol 219 c534W
22. Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made towards reaching patients charter targets for waiting times for out-patient appointments.

Mr. Sackville

Under the patients charter, health authorities have already set and published local charter standards for first out-patient appointments. We shall develop these standards further in 1993–94.