§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 29 March,Official Report column 666, if his office is seeking to agree suitable clinical outcome indicators for individual hospitals and trusts in Wales in addition to those for Welsh health authorities. [18411]
§ Mr. RichardsClinical outcome indicators currently being considered by the medical and nursing professions in Wales are national indictors of value both to health authorities and hospitals.
Any additional local indicators will be a matter for health authorities to negotiate in contracts with their local providers.