Written question asked by Phyllis Starkey (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 November 1997. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Technology Foresight priorities are being taken into account in the forward planning of the Department's scientific research programme.

Answer: Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what Technology Foresight priorities are being taken into account in the forward planning of the Department's scientific research programme. [17463] Ms Jowell: The scope of the Department's scientific research programmes is sufficiently broad to encompass many of the recommendations made by the Foresight Programme in general and by the Health and Life Sciences Panel in particular. Foresight principles have been incorporated into the forward planning processes used by the Clinical Horizons Scanning Group. A corporate knowledge base on health trends and related information has been developed and is available to provide support for the forward planning of the Department's scientific research programmes.

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