HC Deb 23 June 1994 vol 245 c299W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the number of staff employed, and number of inquiries received, in connection with her Department's campaign on(a) "Keep Warm, Keep Well" and (b) Health Service and Professional Recruitment.

Mr. Sackville

Four departmental staff are responsible for the "Keep Warm, Keep Well" campaign, among their wider duties, including its policy and publicity aspects. There were 31,775 requests for the 1993–94 information booklet. A "winter warmth" freephone helpline is run on the Department's behalf by the Help the Aged and is manned by 5.94 staff—whole time equivalent. The helpline received 24,574 inquiries in the period 14 October 1993 to 31 March 1994.

During 1993 the health service's professions recruitment campaign generated 11,538 requests for information. A nursing officer co-ordinates the campaign drawing on advice from departmental colleagues as required.