HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 c756W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what obligations rest on health authorities to make NHS users aware of the freephone health information service; and if he will make a statement on how this obligation is being fulfilled. [40243]

Mr. Malone

Guidance on the provision of the freephone health information service (HSG(95)44— copies of which are available in the Library—requires health authorities to ensure that details concerning the availability of the service, including opening times, are widely publicised. How this is best done is determined locally.