§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of implementing the management changes associated with the creation of the Essex health authority. [28498]
§ Ms BlearsThe creation of Essex health authority from 1 April 2002 is part of the national programme of implementing shifting the balance of power encompassing changes to the national health service at national, regional and local level. Taken together these changes will release £100 million of savings from reducing bureaucracy.