§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what remedies are available to(a) himself, (b) the NHS chief executive and (c) chief officers of local health service bodies, to recover money wrongly paid to NHS employees when they (i) change employer within the NHS or (ii) leave the employ of the NHS. [22738]
§ Mr. MaloneEach national health service trust or health authority is an independent statutory body for the purposes of employment law. Chief officers of health service bodies have the normal remedies in law available to them to recover moneys wrongly paid to their employees, whether they are now employed by another NHS body or have left the employ of the NHS. Neither my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health nor the chief executive employ NHS staff.