§ Ian LucasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS consultants are employed on joint contracts with both English and Welsh hospitals. [107008]
§ Mr. HuttonAn analysis of data for September 2001 suggests that there were approximately 60 consultants who had contracts with both an English national health service trust and a Welsh NHS trust. It is not possible to ascertain from the available information whether these are necessarily joint contracts. It is possible for a consultant to have two separate contracts with two separate NHS organisations.
§ Ian LucasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he intends that NHS consultants employed on joint contracts by English and Welsh hospitals should continue to be employed under a single NHS consultant's contract. [107009]
§ Mr. HuttonThe terms and conditions of employment offered to consultants by national health service trusts in England and in Wales are a matter for individual trusts to determine.