To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of hospitals participate in the Trauma Audit and Research Network; and what steps he plans to take to increase the number of hospitals participating. (226848)

The Trauma and Audit Research Network (TARN) is an independent organisation that is not funded directly by the Department, and as such the Department does not collect data on participation rates. TARN publishes a wide range of information about their work on their website, www.tarn.ac.uk. Further information can be obtained from TARN via:

Professor Tim Coats (Chairman)

Clinical Sciences Building

Hope Hospital

Eccles Old Road

Salford

M6 8HD

(T) 0161 206 5952

(E) support@tarn.ac.uk