HC Deb 06 March 1990 vol 168 cc579-80W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he will define the necessary level of senior professional staff involvement in the management of the hospitals in assessing applications for National Health Service trust status.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Each application will be judged on its own merits taking into account local circumstances.

Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the types of organisations he will expect regional health authorities to consult on National Health Service trust applications;

(2) what procedures regional health authorities will be required to follow in local consultations on National Health Service trust applications.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

It will be for regional health authorities to determine locally the detailed arrangements to be made for consultation on NHS trust applications. We would, however, expect them to seek the views of district health authorities, the staff of the unit concerned, general practitioners, community health councils, and the local community.

Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice he will be issuing on the format of National Health Service trust applications.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

An outline application document was circulated on 16 August 1989, under EL(89)(MB)148, and has been placed in the Library.

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