HC Deb 18 June 1998 vol 314 c307W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce a national framework for measuring patient satisfaction in the NHS. [45448]

Mr. Milburn

As stated in our White Paper "The New NHS", we propose to carry out an annual survey of patient experience of the National Health Service. Work to plan and design the first of these surveys is currently in progress.