HC Deb 19 October 1999 vol 336 cc480-1W
Mr. Swayne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Coventry, South (Mr. Cunningham) on 13 July 1999,Official Report, column 151, on stroke services, if he will specify the funding that he is making available for initiatives related to strokes. [93902]

Mr. Hutton

The Department is currently supporting some inititatives relating to stroke through the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. The responsiblity (and hence funding) for the Effective Health Care Bulletin, national sentinel audits and development of clinical guidelines now rests with NICE, which has total funding of just under £10 million for this financial year. The hon. Member may wish to contact the Chairman of NICE, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, for further details.