§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those trusts which have not established patient advocacy and liaison services. [47859]
§ Ms BlearsChapter 10 of the NHS Plan states that Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) will be available in all NHS trusts from April 2002. To underpin this commitment £l0 million has been made available to health authorities for PALS development this year. A large number of trusts already have PALS in operation and others are actively developing their service, appointing staff and are expecting to be operational in the near future. A number of primary care trusts are in the process of being set up, and therefore will need to look at incorporating PALS as part of their establishment. At this stage, therefore, there is no full list of those trusts which do not currently have PALS. However, we are in the process of setting up a system for monitoring PALS implementation.
Birmingham West Midlands England CAMHS mental health grant for local authorities for latest available years 1999–2000 99,559 724,642 10,000,000 2000–01 97,559 832,642 10,000,000 2001–02 256,559 1,227,642 15,000,000 NHS modernisation funding for latest available years 1999–2000 114,000 1,099,000 10,000,000 2000–01 800,000 2,197,000 20,000,000 2001–02 1— 1— 1— 1 2000–01 funding now in HA baseline Source:
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