[holding answer 27 February 2007]: Financial resources and new policy developments were deciding factors regarding the contract for Best Treatments. The Department remains committed to providing patients and the public with the information they need to make informed decisions about their healthcare and social care, but needs to target resources where they will be most effective.
The Department will help people to find the excellent information that is already available rather than duplicate production. That is why we are developing information prescriptions and an information accreditation scheme. In this way, we will drive up quality of information and assure people that the information they access is reliable and relevant to them.