HC Deb 08 December 1997 vol 302 c458W
Mr. Levitt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the effectiveness of hospital complaints procedures in order to establish a code of best practice. [19453]

Mr. Boateng

We will be commissioning an independent evaluation of the National Health Service complaints procedures during 1998. It is intended that one of the areas on which the evaluation focuses should be the identification of good practice.