§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidelines he will issue to Welsh health authorities in relation to prompt reporting to his Department of the 189W present or past service of bloodborne virus-infected health professionals in their employ involved in invasive forms of treatment or surgery with a view to recall systems, counselling and, where necessary, redeployment away from invasive surgery.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe Welsh Office will be associated with the review of advice on procedures to be adopted by health authorities announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health on 11 March 1993.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has in relation to improvement of medical records database to enable accurate recall of ex-patients, where those patients were treated or their babies delivered by health professionals subsequently found to be suffering from AIDS or infected by HIV, Hepatitis B or other bloodborne viruses and diseases.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe Welsh Office is supporting a project to improve the quality and consistency of the medical record which will help in the identification of patients who may have been treated by an infected health professional.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received in relation to Mid Glamorgan health authority's decision not to notify the public or to issue specific recall notices to patients treated by, or children delivered by or with the assistance of their late doctor employee, deceased suffering from AIDS.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesMy right hon. Friend has received three representations about this matter.