HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 c173W
26. Jane Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he is taking to promote booked admission pilots in the NHS. [57376]

Mr. Hutton

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Mr. Foster),Official Report, column 137.

32. Mr. Gardiner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he is taking to promote booked admission pilots in the NHS. [57382]

Mr. Milburn

On 29 September 1998, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced that 24 sites had been selected to pilot innovative systems to enable patients to book hospital admission dates convenient to them. £5 million has been made available this year, with £20 million next year to enable the programme to be extended.