HL Deb 11 May 1998 vol 589 c108WA
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Following the welcome given by Ministers to the report Integrated Healthcare: A Way Forward for the Next 5 Years? published in October 1997, what discussions the Department of Health has now had with the chairmen of the groups who prepared the reports, to discuss:

  1. (a) the need for more research; and
  2. (b) the provision of healthcare services to patients. [HL1689]

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Baroness Jay of Paddington)

Professor John Swales, the director of research and development at the Department of Health, met Professor Stephen Holgate, who chaired the working group which prepared the research aspects of theIntegrated Healthcare report, on 10 December to discuss its proposals. A meeting with Dr. David Peters, who chaired the working group which prepared the service delivery mechanisms aspects of the report, will be arranged following the Integrated Healthcare conference on 28 May which my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health is to address.