§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on progress towards establishing area health boards and manning their most senior professional positions.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI have today announced by circular the names of most of the members of the new health boards for the Borders, Grampian, Lanarkshire and Orkney areas and I expect before the end of the month to make similar announcements in respect of all the remaining boards. Copies of the circulars as they are issued will be placed in the Library. I intend to make up each board to its full membership by further appointments towards the end of the year. I expect within the next few weeks to be able to authorise advertisements for the first group of senior official posts.