§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to reduce sickness absence in the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service; and what assessment he has made of the (effectiveness of these policies. [176926]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 7 June 2004]: The information is not collected centrally. The measures used to address sickness absence rates within an organisation are matters for individual national health service organisations.