§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the companies commissioned by her Department to carry out polling and market research about patients' views in the year to 1 April 1993; and if she will list the areas of research, the questionnaires to be used and the groups to be questioned.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe Department of Health commissioned four market research projects about patients' views in the year to April 1993. These were:
Subject Questionnaires Groups Pregnancy Booklet Omnibus Survey Pregnant Mothers Oral Syringe Group discussions/interviews Parents of children having treatment/had treatment NHS Waiting Lists Group discussions/interviews Sample of general public Health Information Service Group discussions/interviews Sample of general public The companies commissioned to carry out these projects were Research Surveys of Great Britain, the Qualitative Consultancy, Counterpoint Research and Craig Ross Davidson.
324WSince 1990 the Department has contributed towards the cost of the British social attitudes survey carried out by social and community planning research, which monitors trends in social attitudes towards a range of issues including health and health services.
The Department has also had questions included in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys general household survey on general practitioner attendances, hospital in-patient stays, out-patient visits and day cases.