§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of full-time Health Service employees who are directors of, or who work for, companies operating in areas related to their work in the National Health Service where there are opportunities for income generation.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if Mid Glamorgan health authority has sought his advice about the conflict of interest which has arisen from the involvement of two full-time Health Service employees as majority shareholders and company secretary and chairman of Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd. based at the innovation centre on the Mid Glamorgan science park, Bridgend.
§ Mr. GristNo. This is primarily a matter for the health authority to satisfy itself that there is no conflict of interest arising when any of its employees become involved in activities which could affect their terms of employment with the NHS.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what guidelines he has issued in addition to DHSS Circular PM(79) 11 (November 1979), with its attached standard contract, for dealing with potential conflicts of interest when full-time National Health Service employees are involved as directors, shareholders, 481W workers, or all three, in private companies operating in areas related to their work in the National Health Service where there are opportunities for income generation;
(2) whether he will issue guidelines to prevent full-time National Health Service employees from being involved in any capacity in a private company operating in the same field as that in which they are employed in the National Health Service where there are opportunities for income generation.
§ Mr. GristThe Department is currently considering the possibility of issuing advice on general principles of good conduct within the NHS which will include aspects such as the declaration of interests in cases where staff may have a private pecuniary interest in a firm contracting to provide a service.