HC Deb 20 November 2003 vol 413 cc1404-5W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 17 July 2003,Official Report, column 631W, to the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris), on patient surveys, if he will place a copy of the analysis commissioned by his Department in the Library. [138350]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Following publication of the National Cancer Patient Survey in July 2002, the Department of Health commissioned a further analysis of the data to inform the development of future surveys. This was an exploratory piece of work to see if there were any inter-dependencies that might affect the patient experience. The output will not be a formal report but rather a series of detailed statistical tables. These will be made available to the Commission for Health Improvement, which has taken over responsibility for the national patient survey programme.