§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures the Department in conjunction with the strategic health authorities are overseeing with regard to the delivery of the patient prospectus initiative. [80136]
§ Mr. LammyThe Department is working closely with strategic health authorities' communication functions to maintain a progress overview of distribution. While it is for individual primary care trusts to organise local242W delivery arrangements, the Department is continuing to act in a facilitative role and to identify local support needs through StHAs.
§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department estimates has been spent by each primary care trust on the patient prospectus initiative. [80403]
§ Mr. LammyThe responsibility for funding and compiling the prospectus leaflets was placed with primary care trusts (PCTs), who were encouraged to select the most appropriate and efficient local means of managing all aspects of prospectus production. The Department does not collect centrally the cost to each PCT of the patient prospectus initiative.