§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress is being made on the establishment of the Rampton hospital review board.
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§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI am very pleased to announce that Mr. Leslie Teeman OBE who lives near Newark has accepted my invitation to be the chairman of the Rampton hospital review board, for a period of three years. The establishment of the board was recommended in the review of Rampton hospital, which was led by Sir John Boynton, and I laid the necessary orders and regulations before Parliament on 21 May. As I explained in my statement to the House on 11 November—[Vol. 992, c. 193–209]—the board will guide and support local management in securing the implementation of the changes that Sir John Boynton's review team proposed in its report. I announced in May the appointment of Dr. Alfred Minto as medical director and he took up his post last month.
The review team also recommended that ways should be found of associating the team with the board. I am glad to say that the vice-chairman of the review team, Dr. Julian Roberts, consultant psychiatrist at St. James's hospital, Leeds, and High Royds hospital has accepted my invitation to become a member of the board. So also has Mr. D. G. Redhead, the district nursing officer for South Lincolnshire. I hope to announce the names of other members of the board as soon as possible.