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Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Labour) on Thursday, 6 April 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 April 2000. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 April 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to pilot the clinical applications for logistics management, developed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, in other NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to pilot the clinical applications for logistics management, developed at the Royal Shrewsbury hospital, in other NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement. [118673] Yvette Cooper: Ministers welcome and want to encourage examples of good practice in the National Health Service. Systems such as Royal Shrewsbury hospital's Clinical Applications for Logistics Management (CALM) system will be studied further by the new patient access teams set up by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health. In addition, work is shortly to be commissioned by the Department on improving bed management.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
118673; 348 c132W
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Admissions Hospitals Hospital beds NHS Management techniques Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Link
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