Andrew George
From Nhs It Info
(St Ives, Liberal Democrat)
Westmister Hall Debate (14 Mar 2006)
"I was not going to cover the frankly diversionary issue of choose and book, and the expensive computer and administrative system that will need to be put in place for what is a fatuous choice for people in remote areas. It is quite absurd. Most people in my area want to be treated, and treated well, in their local hospital, for which they have enormous loyalty and respect. Instead of the resources going into administrative procedures, they want them to be spent in their local hospital, which is often struggling because of the lack of those resources."
Parliamentary Question (27 Jun 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 May 2006, Official Report, columns 634W on the choose and book system, what budget had been set for the (a) choice and (b) choose and book anticipated costs (i) for administrative and other staff, (ii) incurred by consultants and acute trusts, (iii) for other computer software and hardware not directly associated with the NHS Connecting for Health Agency and (iv) for other administration infrastructure for each year the programme was budgeted to operate."
Parliamentary Question (18 Sep 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the Choose and Book system, what budget has been set to cover the administrative costs of the (a) Choose and Book, (b) Choice and (c) whole direct enhanced service system for (i) its introduction and (ii) each projected year it is planned to operate; (2) pursuant to the answer of 8 May 2006, Official Report, column 634W, on the Choose and Book system, what central departmental budget has been set for the (a) Choice and (b) Choose and Book expected costs (i) for administrative and other staff, (ii) incurred by consultants and acute trusts, (iii) for other computer software and hardware not directly associated with the NHS Connecting for Health Agency and (iv) for other administrative infrastructure for each year the programme is budgeted to operate."
