Written question asked by Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 December 1996. It was answered by Gerald Malone (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 December 1996 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: What research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the amount of time spent by hospital staff in meetings; what is the estimated cost of such meetings in terms of lost man-hours; what were the findings of this research, broken down where possible by region. - Including ref to "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme" and "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme: Commissions in 1994-95", in Library.

Answer: Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the amount of time spent by hospital staff in meetings; what is the estimated cost of such meetings in terms of lost man hours; what were the findings of this research, broken down where possible by region; and if he will make a statement. [7290] Mr. Malone: Information on research commissioned by the Department of Health is contained in "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme" and "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme: Commissions in 1994-95", copies of which are available in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7290; 286 c687W;286 c685W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Hospitals Health services Management Managers Staff Meetings Research
Contains statistics: Yes