Written question asked by Tony Colman (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 April 2003. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Monday, 14 April 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many statutory patients forums and patient and public involvement forums he expects there to be in place on (a) 1st September 2003, (b) 1st January 2004 and (c) 1st April 2004.

Answer: Mr. Colman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many statutory patients forums and patient and public involvement forums he expects there to be in place on (a) 1 September 2003, (b) 1 January 2004 and (c) 1 April 2004. [108997] Mr. Lammy: It is the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health's intention to have all patient and public involvement forums in place by 31 December 2003. It is not possible to predict the outcome of the recruitment exercise to patients' forums and be more specific about how many forums will be in place at any time before the end of the year.

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