§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether health authorities consult the relevant officers before appointing general managers.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[pursuant to his reply, 9 January 1985, c. 511]: No, as officers are frequently candidates for appointment themselves and it is the authority itself and not its officers who must make the appointment.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the names and former occupations of all general manager appointments made to date as a result of the Griffiths proposals.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[pursuant to his reply, 14 January 1985, c. 66]: The table shows the sources of 171W recruitment of general managers appointed at regional and district levels. No appointments have yet been made at unit level.
Occupation before appointment Region District NHS administrator 9 61 NHS treasurer 1 3 NHS doctor 1 5 NHS nursing officer 1 — Total NHS officers 12 69 Non-NHS employment — 7 Total appointments to date 12 76 Outstanding appointments 2 116 Eventual total 14 192 The figures for regional appointments differ from those I gave in my reply to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 30 October 1984 at columns 953–54 in that since then two more appointments of administrators have been made and one treasurer has withdrawn from his appointment.
Specific information on individual appointees and their former occupations could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.