§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the final report of the group led by the Chief Medical Officer into the provision of emergency services in the community will be published; and if he will make a statement. [14487]
§ Mr. BoatengThe report was published on 19 September this year under the title 'Developing Emergency Services in the Community: The Final report' and was distributed widely within the National Health Service under cover of an Executive Letter, EL(97)46. Copies of the report and the letter have been placed in the Library.
As part of the implementation programme, the Department of Health is funding telephone immediate care and advice lines to be piloted in three sites from early next year.