§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the package of key data about the patients charter performance of each district health authority, referred to in her answer of 4 November,Official Report, column 458.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 17 January 1994]: We have no plans to publish this health authority-based data which are collected by the national health service management executive for internal management purposes only.
We have already announced our intention to publish this summer NHS performance tables which will include key provider-based information about the patients charter performance of every NHS hospital and trust. We believe it is this information that will be of most use and interest to the general public.