§ Mr. DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the information collected under paragraphs 11(1) and 11(3) of Schedule 9 to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 allows his Department to trace other patients on the same operating list as the patient carrying the infective agent of new-variant CJD at Torbay; and if the hospital concerned has listed the employees involved in the operation in accordance with these paragraphs. [59978]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 16 November 1998]No. The patient's diagnosis was unknown at the time and no such Control of Substances Hazardous to Health record was kept.