HC Deb 04 March 1993 vol 220 c217W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will introduce a system to limit waiting times for out-patient appointments.

Mr. Sackville

Under the patients charter, health authorities already set and publish local charter standards for first out-patient appointments, and from 1993–94 regional health authorities will set targets in their corporate contracts for local improvements.