§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps he intends to take to reduce the delays arising in the translation of the Doctors and Dentists Review Body award, paid to doctors each year on 1 April, to clinical academic staff;
(2) what steps he is taking to improve morale and career prospects within academic medicine in order to ensure the continued recruitment, retention and motivation of clinical academic staff of the necessary calibre;
(3) what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical academic staff receive the same pay awards for 1994 as their national health service counterparts.
§ Mr. BoswellThe negotiation of pay awards for clinical academic staff is a matter for the university employers, not for my right hon. Friend. It is also for them as employers to decide how best to recruit, retain and motivate their clinical academic staff.