§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in the recent NHS consultation process(a) how many leaflets were issued, (b) how many leaflets were returned by 5 June, (c) how the leaflets were distributed and (d) what conclusions he has drawn; and if he will make a statement. [127901]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 28 June 2000]: Over 12 million leaflets were produced and made available to the public and National Health Service staff through hospitals, general practitioners, surgeries, supermarkets and other retail outlets asking for an outline of the top three things that would make the NHS better.
The Department has received 219,943 responses. The top three priorities for the public were more capacity (doctors, nurses and pay), less waiting and doing things differently.