To ask the Secretary of State for Health what obligations rest on health authorities to make NHS users aware of the freephone health information service; and if he will make a statement on how this obligation is being fulfilled. [40243]

Guidance on the provision of the freephone health information service (HSG(95)44— copies of which are available in the Library—requires health authorities to ensure that details concerning the availability of the service, including opening times, are widely publicised. How this is best done is determined locally.