Nhs Pilots

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the next stage of appraisal of the pilots at the (a) Central Middlesex, (b) Bishop Auckland and (c) West Cornwall hospitals will be completed: and if he will make a statement. [111027]

Mr. Hutton
The National Co-ordinating Centre for the service delivery and organisation research and development programme is commissioning a national research project to evaluate all three of the hospital pilots. The closing date for outline applications was 16 April. Full proposals will be invited shortly.