§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 26 November 2001,Official Report, column 737W, when his Department expects to receive the assessment by Professor Protti of the Information for Health Strategy. [25350]
§ Mr. HuttonI apologise to my hon. Friend for the delay in responding to this question. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.
The report commissioned from Prof. Protti by the Information Policy Unit and the NHS Information Authority to inform internal thinking about policy and development issues in implementing "Information for Health" has now been received and is being considered.