HC Deb 16 July 1993 vol 228 cc701-2W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the monthly amount of inquiries made to Health Line Wales since it was set up; and what independent evaluation he has commissioned of the value for money to be obtained from its operation.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Between 30 November 1992 and 30 June 1993, a total of 1,703 calls were received by Health Line Wales, broken down by month.

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will indicate the proportion of patients to each neurologist in each district health authority and health trust area in Wales;

(2) how many neurologists are based within each district health authority and health trust in Wales; and how many neurologists specialise in epilepsy.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Information on the number of neurologists and patients per neurologist is given in the table. It is not known centrally how many of the neurologists specialise in epilepsy.

Number
January 208
February 580
March 374
April 252
May 196
June 93

All calls are monitored and this information forms part of the full internal evaluation of the service currently being undertaken. It will include an external consumer satisfaction survey by independent market researchers of a random sample of the users of the service. The evaluation report is expected during early August.

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