§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish performance against key Patient's Charter standards for the quarters to 30 June 2001 and 30 September 2001. [HL1596]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)The Patient's Charter was replaced in January this year withYour Guide to the NHS. The core standards contained in Your Guide to the NHS will be monitored as part of the implementation of the NHS Plan.
Three of the original four key Patient's Charter standards are routinely published in the Treating Patients section of the NHS Quarterly Review, which can be found on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/nhsquarterlyreview. Performance data on urgent and routine transfers of GP medical records is no longer collected centrally.