§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all bodies which advise him in the discharge of his health functions.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI would refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Office (MPO) booklet "Public Bodies 1984", published on 18 December last year, copies of which are in the Library.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the members of the supra-regional specialities advisory group.
§ Mr. John PattenThe supra-regional services advisory group makes recommendations to the Secretary of State on which services are appropriate for supra-regional designation, on which units are appropriate for designation as supra-regional centres for their provision, and on what level of funding is appropriate for allocation to each. Its membership is as follows
Mr. A. V. Driver (Chairman) — Regional Health Authority; Chairman, South West Thames RHA.Dr. G. F. Cohen—Consultant physician, representing the Joint Consultants Committee.Mr. D. P. Eccleshall—Regional Works Officer (Oxford RHA).Mr. A. H. Grabham — Chairman of the Joint Consultants Committee.Mr. F. Jackson — Regional Treasurer (North West Thames RHA).Mr. A. J. Kember—Regional General Manager (South West Thames RHA).Dr. A. McGregor — Regional Medical Officer (West Midlands RHA).Miss Z. Oxlade — Regional Nursing Officer (East Anglian RHA).Professor D. A. Shaw—Dean of Medicine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (representing medical academic interests).Sir Geoffrey Slaney—Profession of Surgery representing the Joint Consultants Committee.Mr. A. C. Taylor—DHA Chairman (Newcastle Health Authority).Dr. D. Innes Williams—Director, British Postgraduate Medical Federation (representing Special Health Authorities responsible for postgraduate hospitals).The arrangements for supra-regional funding and the role of the supra-regional services advisory group are set out in Health Notice HN(83)36.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the members of the transplant advisory panel.
§ Mr. John PattenThe transplant advisory panel advises the Chief Medical Officer on clinical matters related to transplantations, and he takes the chair at its meetings. The membership is as follows:
Mr L D Abrams Mr B S Jay Professor J R Anderson CBE Professor W B Jennett Mr R D Atlay Mr R W G Johnson Mr A D Barnes Dr Mary G McGeown CBE Professor P G Bevan Dr Celia M Oakley Professor J P Blandy Professor J R Salaman Dr J B Foster Professor D J Wheatley Dr P Freeling Mr D H Wilson Dr Gillian C Hanson