§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals have been reported by the Audit Commission as using inadequate systems for compiling waiting times; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe systems in place to compile the waiting times statistics published in the 1993–94 hospital and ambulance services comparative performance guide were reviewed by the Audit Commission's auditors. Hospitals or trusts whose waiting times result in the comparative performance guide have no star ratings are those where the auditors had reservations about the systems in place. Copies of the comparative performance guide are available in the Library.